What are the pros and cons of the electoral college?

Advantages:

  • smaller states remain important to candidates
  • candidates don’t need to travel the whole country
  • recounts are easier because officials can isolate the issue in one state

Disadvantages:

  • lots of voters feel their vote does not matter
  • too much power resides in swing states (see below)
  • the popular vote winner can lose the election (more on that later)
  • risk of fake electors (more follows on that too)
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    2 months ago

    This article is pretty good. Maybe outside seeing things better than the insiders?