The Popular Vote.
State legislatures all across the country are
being bombarded by proponents of the Popular Vote. Supporters, backed by huge amounts of money,
want to get rid of the electoral college.
Their strongest appeal is to the notion that the popular vote would mean
that “every vote counts.” That’s their biggest lie.
The framers of the Constitution
established the Electoral College to give smaller states a voice against larger
states when selecting the nation’s leader.
Each state gets the number of electors based on population, plus 2 which means
smaller states have a bit of an edge. If
the Popular Vote bill passes, candidates would have to campaign in as few as 11
states in order to win an election.
Flyover country would matter not an iota.
Robert Hathorne
is absolutely correct when he says that the National Popular Vote initiative
would fundamentally change America by
shifting the national political system from a representative democracy to a
pure democracy.
Our Founding Fathers
spoke eloquently at every opportunity about their fears of an unfettered
democracy. They were students of history and they knew that it always led to
tyranny. They established a republic,
not a democracy. They created a system
that respected the sovereignty of the states.
The popular vote would undermine that important principle.
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