Since folks are kicking around arguments about the Electoral College again, I've previously written a piece @NRO & two long threads on the topic.
https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1108025352062992384 …
https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1124753911972278273 …
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/what-the-electoral-college-saves-us-from/ …
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"There are no possible arguments in favor of the American system of government as it has existed for two centuries" is a take that says more about the person writing it than it does to engage with the issue.https://twitter.com/brianbeutler/status/1152668227757121536 …
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I edited point #2 to track my original article (some folks objected that the French system would qualify). Fact remains: progressive claim there are no possible counterarguments to a national popular vote, yet nearly every major democracy uses a different system than that.pic.twitter.com/ubXk7oRDRa
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I'm content to rest on the American experience as validation for the American system. But if you argue that the American system is a uniquely bad form of government, you should look at what other democracies - less durable than our own - have done.
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I remember the Obama & Clinton presidencies, & to some extent Carter. They were not characterized by widespread conservative agitation to change the rules by which presidents are elected.
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That's clearly not what he was arguing, but you know that and are just being a shithead about this.
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The 2016 election results do discredit the electoral college. It shows how a minority of white supremacists/racists can gain power over the majority who oppose them.
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The intent of the Electoral College, as well as the U.S. Senate, was to give rural white racists (slave holders) a disproportionate amount of power for their numbers.
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