The Electoral College Needs to be Replaced

Thank you for clarifying. In fairness, I see your point however, I should note how Trump is very anonymous with his party affiliations. Before the Election of 2016, Trump was reported to have "shifted his party registration back and forth (five times, according to the Washington Times"s report of a report by The Smoking Gun). Trump, Politico reports, also was a substantial donor to Senator Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, and many other Democrats." [1] To put it simply, Trump has been notorious for being anonymous, and believed by some to be a Democrat, which would make sense due to his Vice President choice being Mike Pence- a strong Right-Wing leader to further represent his Right affiliation. I will emphasize my point through repeating how I believe that the Electoral College is, in fact, a fairly proportional system already. It has served to represent the states fairly through the number of Electors signifying the number of Representatives- to whom are purposely set to equally and fairly represent the state. Big states are not the only ones that can determine the election. Swing States are a big part of the election as they can lean Left or Right. Iowa, is an example, and as I have said before- Iowa has only 6 Electoral Votes, yet plays such a significant role in the Elections and has most certainly helped in candidates winning the Election. Remember: it is fair game for either party to take the state- the state is not set to prioritize a party during each Election, it is figuratively in the hands of the people with the popular vote. In other words it CAN help or it CAN hurt the Democrats and the Republicans. On account of my missing citation for the Gallup chart: here is some information as well as the citation. "Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Nov. 28-29, 2016, on the Gallup U.S. Daily survey, with a random sample of 1,021 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. For results based on the total sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is "4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. All reported margins of sampling error include computed design effects for weighting." [2] Here is a list of some of the attempts to reform the Electoral College [3]. The reason I bring them up is to further support my point that even after 200 years we have not managed to have enough people, especially members of Congress, agree to reform it- suggesting that they believe it to not be an issue. I trust that they truly believe the Electoral College to be sufficient enough not to require change/reform. The point is not that it has over a 50% 'disapproval' rating, it is the point that it IS increasing. People are slowly beginning to agree with the Electoral College system. It's the change in data that we should be focused on. I have not seen reason to believe it goes against "the will of the people." If we play a role in who gets to become an Elector to represent us, than we have helped determine that that said person acquiring the role is sufficient and able to fulfill his duty to represent the people. That is indeed a Democratic-Republic as it has representatives representing the people. On your note about the Red Wall- it is not preventing like you may think. The reason I say this is because of Pennsylvania, a strong Leftist states in Elections that can be considered to be part of the "Blue Wall", actually went Right for Trump in the 2016 Election. To rephrase, states can change- even if they are in the "Walls." It all just depends on the Electors and their votes, of course. In conclusion, I feel that you are centered on just what is happening come Election time- not the overall changes or significance behind the events, for example. As for my argument- I reiterate how I believe the The electoral college does not need to be replaced and is sufficient the way it is, today- or at the very least, is slowly becoming sufficient to the nation, today. I would like to thank you for this debate! It was great to meet you and debate with you. Hopefully we will get to debate later on as well. Have a good week everyone and I appreciate you all for reading the debate! [1] "Donald Trump, Democrat?" Benko, Ralph- a contributor for Forbes. https://www.forbes.com... [2] "Americans' Support for Electoral College Rises Sharply" http://news.gallup.com... [3] http://archive.fairvote.org...