Vestigial processes within the USG are interesting to me and I remain surprised that this one has stuck around as long as it has…well, not really, given that the electors are just another set of awardees in the political process to be herded and placed just so when needed. But still, a distinct remnant of the past.
A few years ago I caught a brief segment on CSPAN from about the USG and whether the size of the electoral pool was large enough to handle a nation of 320+ million people. 50 Jackasses and 435 Jackholes plus two or so other Fucknozzles seems a rather paltry infrastructure for handling the concerns and ideas of a rather large and [caring,creative,unruly,talkative,thoughtful,thoughtless] people.
My brain doesn’t grok well enough at either micro or macro scale to understand how the US political system might or should change to encompass the ensuing population change as a starter, much less the implications of altering/updating the voting system–but clearly, shit is broke, shit needs fixing.
