Our Founding Fathers Included Electorial College For A Reason

It was not written into the Constitution by mistake. 

Give our founders credit for foreseeing the sinister consequences of a Democracy without a Constitutional Republic's equalizing rule of law, including The Electoral College. It has worked for 143 years.

A solely democratic form of government, without the counter balance of a moderating republic, with its addition of "the equal justice rule of law", results in the dictatorship of the majority over the minority.  That is why upon exiting the Constitutional Convention, Ben Franklin was approached by a group of citizens asking what sort of government the delegates had created, he answered ....
"A Republic, if you can keep it". 

Are we about to lose it after 143 years? RB

Perspectives On The Constitution: 

A Republic, If You Can Keep it

By Richard R. Beeman, Ph.D. 

(National Constitutional Center)

While today we marvel at the extraordinary accomplishment of our Founding Fathers, their own reaction to the US Constitution when it was presented to them for their signatures was considerably less enthusiastic. Benjamin Franklin, ever the optimist even at the age of 81, gave what was for him a remarkably restrained assessment in his final speech before the Constitutional Convention: "…when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views." He thought it impossible to expect a "perfect production" from such a gathering, but he believed that the Constitution they had just drafted, "with all its faults," was better than any alternative that was likely to emerge.

Nearly all of the delegates harbored objections, but persuaded by Franklin's logic, they put aside their misgivings and affixed their signatures to it. Their over-riding concern was the tendency in nearly all parts of the young country toward disorder and disintegration. Americans had used the doctrine of popular sovereignty--"democracy"--as the rationale for their successful rebellion against English authority in 1776. But they had not yet worked out fully the question that has plagued all nations aspiring to democratic government ever since: how to implement principles of popular majority rule while at the same time preserving stable governments that protect the rights and liberties of all citizens.

This from a "Right Street" News Media

The Western Journal

Democrat States Band Together in Open Attack On The Constitution 

Voices should be heard even if they aren’t able to scream the loudest. 

Liberals claim to believe in “equality” and standing up for the “little guy” in the face of bullies, but a movement gaining steam in blue states is putting that in doubt. Frustrated that they didn’t win in 2016, the left has a new plan: Sidestep the Constitution and effectively get rid of the Electoral College. 

Colorado is the latest state to jump on board. Last week, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis announced that he would sign a bill which basically re-writes the electoral process, and could pave the way to letting big cities dominate every future presidential election. 

The liberal called the Electoral College an “undemocratic relic,” apparently believing that he knows better than the Founding Fathers. “I’ve long supported electing the president by who gets the most votes,” Polis declared on Feb. 24, according to The Hill. 

That plan would force Colorado’s electors — the people who actually cast the official votes for president — to side with whichever candidate wins the national popular vote, no matter what. By changing the regulations at the state level but still using puppet electors, liberals would avoid amending the Constitution to get their way.  

“It’s a way to move towards direct election of the president,” Polis said. 

At first glance, it’s no big deal. Democracy means that people vote and the person with the most votes wins, right? 

The problem, of course, is that America was founded as a republic for reason — and it’s quickly evident just how dangerous it could be to bypass the Electoral College. 

The United States is a huge and diverse country. The whims and demands of voters in Manhattan are drastically different from the concerns of rural farmers in Iowa — yet the voices of those smaller locations are just as important, especially when you realize that huge percentages of our food and supplies come from the heartland. 

The entire purpose of having state and local governments is that a far-off central government can’t bully the rest of the country, but that’s exactly what would happen if the Electoral College were abandoned. 

A presidential candidate would only need to win a handful of big cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, completely ignoring the concerns of the interior of the vast nation. The voices of millions of Americans who live outside of coastal population centers would be ignored. 

Ironically, the plan could also mean that the votes of Colorado’s own citizens don’t really count, because they would be negated if they don’t match the whims of the popular vote. As one Colorado county commissioner rightly pointed out, “we do not support the National Popular Vote, which allows California and New York to decide Colorado’s votes for President.” 

But the Rocky Mountain State isn’t alone. An eye-opening number of other states are joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, all moving toward similar legislation. 

“The states making up the compact, which already includes New York, Illinois and all the New England states except for New Hampshire, would commit to awarding their electoral votes to whomever wins the popular vote nationally, regardless of the results in the Electoral College,”  The Hill explained. 

That Interstate Compact is not likely to have enough support to make a difference in the 2020 election, but it could play a major role in subsequent votes unless conservatives stand up and stop it. 

The United States of America was founded on the separation of power, not a no-holds-barred popularity contest. 

“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch,” it’s been said. 

Exactly right.
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My Comment: If we lose the Electoral College, the U.S. heartland will be dominated by the east and west coastal and heavily concentrated population centers of large city states. An example of this is the majority Muslim nations which levee higher taxes on non Muslim minorities who also have much less freedom under Sharia (Muslim) Law.  It is an obvious fact that when the percentage of U.S. adults receiving Federal assistance reaches 51 %, those not receiving Federal assistance will never again elect a Conservative Presidential candidate. In that event, our nation will rapidly become fully Socialistic and soon require a dictator to keep it under control.
That is when a Hitler, Stalin, Castro or Maduro will be elevated to the Oval Office and we will have a Fascist, Nazi or Communist government. RB