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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
One big system though is quite a target for computer hackers, corruption from big business, and other ills when you put too many eggs in just one huge basket.
The States' different interests put in some checks and balances which are needed especially when you consider how much power the two main parties have.
I have moved around quite a bit too though. Born in Milwaukee, WI. Then to Reno, Nevada via Apache Junction, AZ. Then to Provo, UT. Then back to Reno. On to Denver, CO. Back near Apache Junction, AZ. Next to Belmont, CA; then to the Santa Rosa area of CA. Now to Minneapoils, MN. Back to the Santa Rosa area of CA. Then to Palm Harbor, FL. Then to the Villages. Back to Palm Harbor a few times. Then here in the Villages.
There were very different interests in the Western States-- especially access to water in the arid areas. Quite different from problems in the Midwest.
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Can't disagree with much of that, but how does that justify the electoral college. The concept of "one man, one vote" does not apply in only one election, president and vp. While the interests in various states are indeed, different, aren't those difference primarily dealt with on a local and state level, where one man, one vote does apply? The president is not the president of the red states or the blue states, he/she is president of the entire country. I think that whatever circumstances made the electoral college good process for the country, have long since drifted into oblivion. As far as computer hacking or voter fraud, etc. it seems to me that it would be easier to manipulate a state or three than to manipulate the vote over the entire country.