Electoral College

Since the birth of democracy in America the Electoral College has represented the “equal” distribution of representation and weight of votes for a Presidential candidate. This process originally was supposed to make the election fair and balance, basically saying that a candidate has to campaign over a majority of states not just a few. Now we see the Electoral College doing the exact opposite from fair, balance to combinations and scenarios. For example to be President of the United States all you need are 270 electoral vote’s, points have you and there you go. Sadly this once flawless system is now going to be used as a launching pad for corruption and political gain. Can’t say that I am too upset over it since the 2004 strategy and actually the entire republican strategy was built on a victory in the Electoral College without the popular vote. A democracy by definition is a government chosen by the people and for the people by a simple majority. Not a majority of points but rather a majority of votes casted. Now a year ago when the protest hit DC to eliminate the Electoral College I was rite there saying that we need the Electoral College and how it is fair. On my radio show I debated two of my colleagues about how profitable the Electoral College was and its successes. But like many things in life as you grow and learn you see that truly unfair, unbalance, and corrupt this process is. Maybe it’s because of the upcoming defeat that I have finally noticed. Since 2000 I started doing electoral math in my head and it always seemed to favor the republicans but now with it favoring the democrats I finally settled in the shoes of the loser. So if anyone favors the electoral college or you feel that representation is fairly distributed through this system then look at every presidential election and see how the majority did not get the President they voted for, one time is enough for me. By the way Electoral College and representation includes census which do not included poor, immigration, or handicap people, fair I think not.