Isn't it interesting that politics at the state level is decided by popular vote, while national elections are decided by the electoral college?
Is the electoral college the power hungry federal politicians way of ensuring control at the federal level? If not, why have the electoral college for national elections and popular vote for state?
Because without the EC, we wouldn't have a constitution or a nation as we know it. The small states were afraid of being overrun by the large ones and they wouldn't sign on to the constitution as it originally was. The EC is a compromise to give the small states a bit of an advantage in voting. A conservative who wants to dump the EC is a fool because small states tend to be more conservative and they get that tiny advantage at the polls.
So each state gets ONE vote for whoever their people elect as top runner... that way, the little states don't get run over...
but then the big populated states will be bitching that they can't outweigh the small states...
But something equitable sure wouldn't favor the DemocRATS...
Oregon needs to let Multnomah County secede from the rest of the state, or just give it to Washington for free....