WaPo’s Editorial Board: It’s Time to End Election Protections for Rural America

“…Without even trying, WaPo made the case for why the Electoral College is important. Our Founding Fathers worried about a majority rule without a protection for the minority. People in California and New York shouldn’t matter more than those in Montana, Kentucky or Iowa. Those who live in “flyover” shouldn’t have their voices squashed because they live in areas that are rural and not densely populated.

The reason the Electoral College is so important is because it makes smaller states, like Iowa, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Minnesota count. It means elected officials care about issues that are important to dairy farmers and manufacture workers. It means that they have to win the hearts and minds of people all across the country…”