The Electoral College
The ultra-right-wing Hillsdale College is known for its “surveys” that are essentially propaganda and fund-raising not-so-cleverly disguised as market research. Here’s a question from their survey on the Electoral College, which they favor, as it’s the only way that extreme conservatives have a chance of winning the presidency:
The Electoral College was put in place to strengthen voters in southern states, because slaves didn’t count as human beings, and only white male landowners could participate in elections.
The only thing the Electoral College does now is to enable people in states with small populations to have their votes count more than more populous states.
California has 40 million people and 55 electoral votes, one vote for every 727,000 people. Wyoming has 581,000 people and 3 electoral votes, one vote for every 194,000 people. Their votes count 3.7 times more than mine.
If the Hillsdale people can explain how that’s fair, I’m all ears.
