- Sep 16, 2000
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If the Electoral College was replaced by a Popular Vote to elect the President, what would happen?
First and foremost, I think voter turnout would increase, which is obviously a good thing for democracy. But I think a conservative Republican as we know them today would never be elected again. The vast rural areas would have no real voting power at all, while the highly concentrated areas where most of the population is centered would vote overwhelmingly Democratic/liberal.
The more important question, though, is why isn't there a large movement to end the Electoral College, which elected a President not representative of the will of the people in 2000? Is it still necessary in today's age of 24 hour news networks and Internet?
First and foremost, I think voter turnout would increase, which is obviously a good thing for democracy. But I think a conservative Republican as we know them today would never be elected again. The vast rural areas would have no real voting power at all, while the highly concentrated areas where most of the population is centered would vote overwhelmingly Democratic/liberal.
The more important question, though, is why isn't there a large movement to end the Electoral College, which elected a President not representative of the will of the people in 2000? Is it still necessary in today's age of 24 hour news networks and Internet?