To the Editor:
There are two additional critical reasons beyond those Jesse Wegman cites that the Electoral College should be abandoned:
First, by eliminating battleground states, which the Electoral College creates, it would become virtually impossible to “fix” an election. Currently results in battleground states say Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia, which are often close can often determine who becomes president. To “fix” an election, one would have to change votes in a very few states by a small number. Without the Electoral College, every vote throughout the country would be equal. There would be too many votes to change.
Second, candidates would have to campaign in virtually every state. When is the last time Democrats or Republicans bothered to seriously campaign in California, New York, Texas, Kansas, the Dakotas or any other non-battleground state? Their electoral votes are already predicted. Instead they campaign in states whose electoral outcome is usually clo