(November 9, 2016 at 12:47 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(November 9, 2016 at 11:21 am)Kingpin Wrote: Candidates only focus on states they need to get to that magic 270 number and completely disregard the majority of America.
This. There literally was virtually no campaigning in this region. Saw a few political signs for Trump (who lost very badly here), but it was quite apparent that neither party really gave a shit about us or wanted to spend any $ here - again.
Yet we'll slavishly maintain the Electoral College because the Founders weren't just really bright guys working out a decent but flawed set of compromises but were inspired visionaries writing Holy Writ that we question at our peril.
And I'm not griping about the Electoral College because I'm disappointed by the election result. I've long thought it a vestige of our past we would do well to eliminate. If there is no prospect of getting big money out of the election system, then at least make the bastards fight for every vote in every damn state.