I have always been partial to the electoral college--the system we use in this country for presidential elections. A National Review Online article* by Matthew J. Franck* describes California's wish to revamp their individual electoral vote process. Instead of the vote winner receiving the entire state, they would only receive the electoral votes for each district.
It seems to me this is a slippery slope trend towards a populist outcome, which doesn't really affirm state rights as much as the present system does. Perhaps I am wrong, and a political guru out there can explain otherwise, but it seems to me that if California sets forth this transition, then there is nothing stopping New York or Texas, leaving an all-or-nothing run by the states to join suit. What would stop the exodus from the college?
It seems to me this is a slippery slope trend towards a populist outcome, which doesn't really affirm state rights as much as the present system does. Perhaps I am wrong, and a political guru out there can explain otherwise, but it seems to me that if California sets forth this transition, then there is nothing stopping New York or Texas, leaving an all-or-nothing run by the states to join suit. What would stop the exodus from the college?
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Source: [*] National Review Online [Matthew J. Franck].
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