| Kasz216 said: The direct popular vote has it's own weaknesses. It deemphasizes any minority groups and makes the Majority groups the ones who get all the attention. Protects small towns vs urban only intrests... Protects small states from big states. (Since how they get money from the gov is divided by state, it makes sense to me that how we elect the president is decided by states>) Protects states if large problems cause voter turnouts, for example if a flood hits, or storms on election day. Makes it easier for small time members of the parties to get elected. All that would happen if it was changed was that instead of a few states, it would be a few cities. |
Right. Wait... that's why... huh? Those are arguments that were made 200 years ago. Are we talking about protecting earmarks for small states like Alaska?
