Pointbeing, when the regionalism argument doesn’t apply, you’ve got cases like 2016 and 2000 where the electoral college serves only to turn an election into a coin flip for no good reason.
No, because if there was not an electoral college, candidates would try to maximize their votes in their strongholds. Hillary Clinton would not have to even try to appeal to people in Pennsylvania; she would be in California trying to maximize her vote their. She would not need to try to appeal to a broader segment of the country.
We complain about polarization now,but this would knock it into overdrive.
What? Winning a PV majority is literally appealing to a broader segment of the country. It's inherent to the idea of a mathematical majority.
No it isn’t. Winning the PV is running up the score in sections where you are already ahead. The fact that Hillary won the PV despite the national precinct map being a sea of red proves this.
