Should We Abolish The Electoral College?

Dear The Question Authority:

Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida is the latest politician to say it's time to eliminate the Electoral College.

Is that a good idea?

Sen. Bill Nelson



Dear Sen. Nelson:

No. Your idea stinks.

Want to know why?

Remember 2000? Scouring each and every Florida hamlet in search of the several votes that could swing the presidency?

Now imagine a national election that was that close. Now imagine trying to scour every fucking election district in a nation of 300,000,000 people, searching for SINGLE VOTES.

Listen: the fact is that elections are not airtight. There's shrinkage, fraud, error and more.

That's why we have 51 separate elections, in each state and DC, to decide the presidency. That way, the worst that can happen is that there's a scramble within a state, not the whole country.

The Electoral College may be archaic, undemocratic, and weird. But it works.

The Question Authority