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The best reason not to abolish the electoral college is never mentioned. I'll use Chicago Illinois as my example, notwithstanding many other big city political machines fall into the same category. Illinois has 21 electoral votes. As everyone knows, Chicago/Cook County has steam rolled over the rest of the state for more than 100 years when it comes to stuffing ballot boxes to assure democrat victories. Votes from the graveyard and voting multiple times is standard procedure, the election of JFK being the most remembered example. (continued)
In 2000, conservatives were obligated to explain why they supported preservation of the Electoral College even though it produced a victory for their candidate, George W. Bush. In coming elections, their devotion may face a sterner test: Will they favor it if Democrats win the White House even when Republicans carry the popular vote?
Mitt Romney managed to avoid that problem by coming up short across the board. But while Republicans have noticed that the voting public is changing in ways that don't help the GOP, they may not have noticed that the electoral map has also shifted to their clear disadvantage.
Nate...
You're probably too young to remember, but Chicago actually did "put the Dem over the top" in 1960. It was John F. Kennedy. I'm not making this up; it's a well known fact. And it's not just Chicago that has corrupt voting; Philly is just as bad, though on a smaller scale.... and many other large-democrat-machine cities are the same way. The feds have been paying lip service to cleaning it up since I was a little boy. They haven't done it yet, and I have no reason to believe it will happen any time soon.
Oh wait, he was the one who dismissed the charges after they won a conviction. My mistake.