I have said this before and the last election shows a validity of the idea. With some states being won by a little over a thousand votes in Presidential elections and Florida’s Bush-Gore decided by just over 500 votes, how soon will a President win and election by 12 votes. Not 12 in one state but one in each of 12 states. The voters in the other 38 states could all votes against that person and it wouldn’t matter.

            The Electoral College is an antiquated idea based on the time the Constitution was written. Jefferson wrote that the Constitution should be torn up and rewritten every ten years. The original purpose was the average landowning man who was allowed to vote was not knowledgeable enough to know who the best man was to be president. Mud and lies were common back then just as today. The difference is that today an intelligent voter – there are some – can check the lies out on independent sources.

            The other reason for the College is ridiculous today. The College was supposed to be the only way way population states get a say in who is president. Today they are called fly-over states since nobody campaigns in them. If a state has less than 5 or 6 votes, it isn’t worth the time and money. It is antiquated for that reason.

            So if a candidate wins California (55), Texas (38), Florida (29), New York (29) Pennsylvania (20), Illinois (20), Ohio (18), Georgia (16), Michigan (16), North Carolina (15), Virginia (13), and Arizona (11), they win the Oval Office. Money wins votes so if a candidate dumps the billions they raise on just those twelve they might win with only 50 million while the other candidate loses with over 200 million.