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PhiloBlackCardinal t1_j2so2yq wrote

Reply to comment by Fit-Anything8352 in Healey should give rural Massachusetts a seat at the table - The Boston Globe by GlobeOpinion

The electoral college was a useful tool in the pre-Civil War era of US politics. The era when the federal government was nearly non-existent. Post-Civil War, it makes no sense. It's not 1850 anymore, states don't control the majority of functions in our daily lives. The Federal Government does.

States where more people live should have more of a say than states where no one lives. One person = one vote. It goes against the principles this country was founded on to believe otherwise.

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Fit-Anything8352 t1_j2sos73 wrote

What? States do control the majority of functions in your daily life. Traffic laws, physical infrastructure, medical care, health insurance, water supply, electricity, education, etc. are all controlled by state law.

The federal government has very little say in anybody's day to day life.

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