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Ian Mark Sirota's avatar

The current electoral system was, as you noted, set up to protect smaller states (in terms of population). Instead, what we have is a tyranny of the minority, both in the electoral college and in the Senate.

All the more reason to give statehood to both Puerto Rico and D.C., and the sooner, the better.

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Brent Fullard's avatar

Then there are the corrosive effects on elections arising from the Supreme Court's ruling of Citizens United v. FEC in which the Court held that the free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political communications by corporations, including nonprofit corporations, labor unions, and other associations.

Great for the Media (i.e. ad $'s). Bad for Democracy.

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