(November 10, 2016 at 1:28 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: The president does not just represent the interest of the popular will. He or she also must represent the needs of diverse regions across the nation. A strong republic needs to respect that regional diversity. Without the Electoral College, a candidate would appeal only to the narrow self-interests of densely populated urban areas. There would be no reason for a president to consider the well-being or interests of people and industries prominent in rural areas – those responsible for providing the agricultural, energy needs of our country – ranchers, fisherman, farmers, oilmen, coal miners, and also military personnel.
I don't see how the electoral college helps this?
According to the US census, 80.7% of the population lives in "urban" areas, but an "urban" area is anywhere where there are at least 2,500 people.
Further, the top 100 cities in America only have about 20% of the population in them, and the city populations for numbers 101 - 200 start at around 215,000 people and slowly drop off to 135,000.
Even assuming that cities 101 - 300 had a population of 200,000 each, which they don't, that's only 40 million people. That's only 12.5% of the US population.
So, assuming that all people in those cities vote (they don't), and all those people vote the same way (they don't), that still wouldn't be nearly enough to get to the presidency.
