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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 333: Biden out The Storm [2020 Edition]
foolm0r0n
11/01/20 11:52:55 PM
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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
Can you explain what the Libertarian argument for the EC is?
It's an orthogonal issue. You'll prob find all kinds of opinions on it. The L party is never gonna get enough votes for it to matter, and if they do, then indeed it will be due to EC shenanigans. But that's not where my opinion comes from.

Personally I just like "minority rule". Statists preach about how popular vote is the defining characteristic of democracy, but it's not - protection of the minority is. To what extent the EC does that is arguable, especially since it's at the state level which is not granular enough to really protect minority interests, and it demands ignoring all but the most battlegroundy states. But popular vote is not better in those regards. A good hint that you're totally missing the point is if you think senators should also scale based on population.

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