"Wolfgang" wrote ...
Good God, you people will swallow anything. The abolition of the Electoral
College doesn't "favor" anyone but individual voters. With or without the
electoral college, places where there are more people have more votes. With
or without the electoral college, states with larger populations exert more
influence becasue there are more people voting.

Wrong. The Electoral College protects the rural from the tyranny of
the urban. Of course, some urbanites might reasonably argue that they
are presently under the tyranny of the rural... Being a rural
citizen, I'm all for it. Without the electoral College, I'm screwed.
Hell, without the Electoral College, CA & NY will take turns buggering
the other 48 states until we're all walking funny.

The underlying principle behind democratic elections is that everyone who is
eligible to vote gets one vote, and whichever candidate gets the majority of
the votes wins the election. Insofar as the Electoral College supports that
fundamental tenet, it is entirely superfluous. We just don't need it. If
it does anything other than facilitate the democratic electoral process, it
subverts the very core of Democracy. And that is EXACTLY what it does.

Hence the myth of American Democracy is unveiled. It's *not* a
democracy, it's a Representative Republic. Your argument is based on
the false pretense of a truly democratic US of A. As has been pointed
out elsewhere in this thread, the majority of states benefit from this
arrangement, so it is unlikely to be changed in our lifetime.