I am in favor of continuing the electoral college.
Yes, I've said several times I favor a direct vote. I've changed my mind. The reason I support the electoral college is because if forces candidates to campaign in every electoral subset. Rigfht now, that specifically means rural areas.
If the electoral college did not exist the rural areas would be overwhelmed by the urban vote.
Republics are one way to avoid the tyranny of the majority. We have a number of subsets of society who would always be oppressed if the majority always ruled without a meaningful way for minorities to push back.
My county has a large urban center. County supervisors are elected by direct vote. Each person can vote for each supervisor vacancy. As a result, there are no rural supervisors and have not been for over 30 years. That means that the urban areas get the bulk of the money and infrastructure attention. County zoning laws are written to favor urban interests. I'd love to be in a position to have at least one rural superisor so that at least the rural intersest would have a vote and a better mouthpiece. Yes, each individual farmer can go to a meeting and speak his piece, but let's get real, the city supervisors smile, nod and go on with their business.
