One Fish, Two Fish, Red State, Blue State

Time to remove the Electoral College

I live in a blue state and regardless of how I vote in the presidential election, my vote did not count.  That's right, whether I voted for Trump or Hilary my vote made absolutely NO difference. The same thing goes for a lot of other states. A few voters in a few states decided this election.They decided it against the majority vote. does that seem fair? No, it seems antiquated and unfair.

The Electoral College is like the human appendix; it exists but we only notice it when it becomes inflamed.

Look, this was a power issue between states and the federal government 200 some years ago when the Constitution was created. If you haven't noticed, the world has changed.  Now we have a global economy and the 'states' that count now are entire nations.

That means our piddly little issues between states should be seen as football rivalries rather than the world changing stuff we might like to think they are.

So we need to eliminate the electoral college with an Amendment. Wording is pretty simple, just state that the President and Vice President will be elected by the majority of votes. Done.