Should we change the electoral college from Population to number of actual voters

With the DMV closings; using the fact that the population being served is at only 5% of the total of all Alabama DMV transactions is poignant, especially if 75% of the population in these counties is black. Through your reasoning, I believe you are making the point for me that the Electoral College should be based on population. To eliminate 26.7 % voter participation of this group, which typically votes Democratic, would be advantageous to the conservatives; knocking out the competition so to speak. Your more detailed math example again furthers my premise. Voter ID laws reduce participation in the electoral process. Nationwide, African Americans and other minorities, collectively with those between the ages of 18 and 24 have been affected by these ID requirements. In 2012, 18-24 year-olds made up 18 percent of all eligible voters in America, but only 13 percent actually voted, but represented 19% of the total ballots cast. 60% from this age group voted Democratic, which in the last election was enough to bring the current Democratic President into the Whitehouse. Obama won with 51% of total votes cast. Making it more difficult for young voters and people of color reduces their voice, which again leans more toward the Democratic Party nationwide but, especially diminishes their representation in Republican held states. Using Alabama as an example on the premise that only actual voters be represented in the Electoral College; the number of Electoral members would drop from the current 9, assuming a block of voters have been knocked off due to voter ID laws. Currently, the number of Electoral College members is tallied by the number of Senators in each state (2), and number of Representatives (7), which is based on the population of the state. So here"s the snap. To reduce the number of Electoral College members to actual voter counts, the government would have to also reduce the number of Representative by the same number. Putting into consideration the amount of gerrymandering that occurs, especially in southern states to ensure party dominance, these Democratic votes would not be reflected in the House of Representatives. Only 1 district in Alabama has a Democratic Representative. Greatly reducing eligible voters in the minority and 18-24 classes due to ID laws would be prohibitive of any Democratic House representation. It"s clear that voter ID requirements have proliferated in Republican held states. Since the majority of minorities live in the Southern states and the youth vote overall and tends to vote Democratic, ID laws are intended to eliminate party competition. Further consideration needs to be given that the total non-Hispanic white population of the US is at 63%. The current Black voting percentage is higher than whites. The Latino rate of voting is only 1% less than whites; which is expected to rise significantly in the next election. Asian American and other minority groups also have slightly higher voter turnouts than Caucasians. In 2012 of actual votes cast, 67% of Hispanics, 60% of 18-24 yr. olds, 98% of African Americans voted for Obama These are the voters who put him in office. It"s a changing America and these people want their voices to be heard, not squashed with ID laws. Though the elimination of the Electoral College and basing Presidential elections on solely the popular vote sounds appealing, there comes a problem. The South and Midwestern states" economy is significantly different than the North East and South West. There are higher population densities in the latter, where area economic interests are centered on finance, technology and manufacturing; where as in south and central areas, petroleum, mining and agriculture are the economic forces. For any presidential hopeful wanting to win, all he/she would need to do is make promises to the interest of the populations dense North East and South West to be an instant win. Resulting, the remaining population, especially in high minority populated areas of the south, to be place at a significant disadvantage when it comes to economic and domestic policy; the Electoral College off-sets this skew. In response to your comment "When it comes to representation though, a lot of these people are on the fringe of the mainstream American society. Do you believe that drug dealers, hookers, murderers and pedophiles deserve a vote?" I agree incarcerated felons should have no right to vote, but once freed do have a say. As to whom "they" are, I am sure your intent was not designed to disparage any particular group, but I'd like to point out a few crime statistics. 52% of all homicides in the US are committed by whites. Pedophiles mostly are white males between the ages of 25 and 45 from upper income brackets. The highest rate of drug use at 38.2% is white young adults 18 to 25 predominately in college. African-American (30.6%) and Hispanic (27.5%) of the same age. There are a variety of factors that results in higher rates of minority incarceration over whites; but that debate is for another time. And I too am enjoying this debate. http://www.civicyouth.org... https://www.washingtonpost.com... https://en.wikipedia.org... http://people.howstuffworks.com... https://en.wikipedia.org...(United_States) http://www.civicyouth.org... http://www.pewresearch.org... http://cookpolitical.com... http://www.blackcommentator.com... http://www.pewresearch.org...