Popular votes vs. the Electoral College

The liberal left rants about the prospects and reality of the popular vote of the U.S. President. What is an obvious omission on the part of the liberal left in this regard is that what they don't say is that the popular vote is meant for “their” candidate. They argue particularly that the presidential candidate should win the election primarily on what the popular vote tabulates. This notion has been raised by the liberal left due to the reality that they say Gore and Kerry won the popular vote, yet “G-dub-e-ya” won the votes of the Electoral College. They argue that this is unfair; to them.

An article, for reference, has been written to educate the liberal left for the reasons of our founding fathers having installed the Electoral College. Tara Ross wrote a fine article Hot Flash, and also authored a book entitled, Enlightened Democracy. In it she describes the error in logic the liberal left presents when arguing the point for dismantling the Electoral College in favor of the “popular vote.”

Her primary argument for the Electoral College is to prevent demagogues, i.e., Gore, Kerry, and now H. Clinton, from obtaining the office of the U.S. Presidency by placating to just a few liberal states to win the popular vote. Because there is a totally higher populations on either coast (NY and CA) of the US than the population count in between, demagogues do not have to bother enticing the least populated states with their political rhetoric. In this sense the minority states, NY and CA, total popular vote could end up dictating who will be president to the majority of states.

When unpacking the liberal left’s rhetoric of the “popular vote” argument, the result presents itself as being elitist. Due to the liberal left’s tendency to regard the conservative’s point of view as being “behind the times” is the plain reason for having the Electoral College. The Electoral College acts as a stop gate to keep the liberal left demagogues from obtaining for themselves government power.

With the Electoral College system in place as it is now, it forces presidential candidates to attenuate to “all” the states, not just a particular few. This is demonstrated by the fact that H. Clinton is manicuring her political stance, i.e., having a more moderate rhetoric, to actually attenuate to the “whole” of the US states, not just pleasing just the liberal left of herself located in the coastal states.