Once again, someone argues ad nauseam for electing the president by the national popular vote and abolishing the Electoral College (“Let’s make changes to improve voting system,” Reading Eagle, Nov. 11). It states, “No other presidential democracy permits the loser of the popular vote to win the presidency.” I contend that through the foresight and genius of our Founding Fathers, it is what makes our country unique among nations.
The last time I checked, the Constitution and resultant federal government were a product of compromise and came into existence only through the discretion and consent of the 13 original states. The Electoral College was designed to prevent domination by one or more populous states.
Isn’t that also why Congress is a bicameral legislature? Each state is allotted two Senate seats while the House of Representatives reflects the population disparity among the states.
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Electing the president is not a national election but 51 separate elections. Each state plus the District of Columbia have input, some having more than others based on its electoral votes as determined by its total representation in both chambers of Congress. What is unfair about that?
The Constitution trumps feelings. Self-proclaimed “defenders of democracy” should remember that our nation is not a pure democracy, but a representative one otherwise known as a constitutional republic.
Keith Worley
Cumru Township
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