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@TruthSandwich @rameshgupta @ArenaCops @GreenFire @marcelias

"The alternative to an electoral college is for states to run elections but for every vote to count equally."

But how to coordinate agreement upon the vote totals in a way that does not amount to just handing elections over to the federal government?

Before I go any further, I want to say that I agree with you 100% that one person should get one vote, regardless of where they live, for presidential elections. That would be more "democratic" than what we have now.

But it is important to realize that USA was not the first democracy, and most failed. USA has the record for longest running constitutional democracy by far. And part of what makes the system durable is that we do accept restrictions of democracy on some level. You can't vote for a 34 year old because founders hated the idea of "favorite son" presidents. You can't engage in insurrection and still be eligible for office, because the Civil War was awful. Etc.