The Electoral College is an integral element of our
governing system. The purpose is to give people who live in all the states some
influence on the executive leadership of the country. After the recent election,
many are questioning the wisdom of Article II, Section 1. The Electoral College
is immensely important not only to who wins, but how presidential campaigns are
run. Eliminate the Electoral College and the interior will never see another
candidate in their state and heartland primaries will be meaningless.
Inhabitants of the hinterlands often feel dismissed by urbanites
living along one of the two coasts. Unfortunately for our country, the hue and
cry to do away with the Electoral College confirms their worst suspicions. Abolishing the Electoral College will
disenfranchise every American who lives in fly-over country.
Here is a good primer on the Elector College.
