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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 1928130" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>The whole point of the electoral college is to prevent the "passions of the people" from running amok by creating an indirect election. Your vote still counts but is it filtered. This country was designed to preserve Liberty by preventing any one group, including an electoral majority, from running roughshod over the rights of others by sheer weight of numbers - until such time as the numbers become so overwhelming that the end result is inevitable anyway.</p><p></p><p>No, I support the electoral college and, frankly, would overturn the 17th Amendment to return the election of Senators to the state legislatures. The 17th Amendment has done more damage to the Federal system than any other single act of law.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 1928130, member: 18914"] The whole point of the electoral college is to prevent the "passions of the people" from running amok by creating an indirect election. Your vote still counts but is it filtered. This country was designed to preserve Liberty by preventing any one group, including an electoral majority, from running roughshod over the rights of others by sheer weight of numbers - until such time as the numbers become so overwhelming that the end result is inevitable anyway. No, I support the electoral college and, frankly, would overturn the 17th Amendment to return the election of Senators to the state legislatures. The 17th Amendment has done more damage to the Federal system than any other single act of law. [/QUOTE]
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