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Without the Electoral College, the division of power between states and the federal government will be greatly diminished, and it could be argued that the Senate should be abolished as well. Without the Electoral College, the Constitution would not have been ratified, and the same arguments that were made and defeated in 1787 by the more populous states will seize power from massive land areas that are operated by fewer people but with massive land concerns. It also concentrates power to coastal urban regions and could exploit resources from other regions who would no longer be able to select a president who would have concern for all states. Currently, states like Iowa and New Hampshire represent the major importance of small states by having early primaries and caucuses, but without the Electoral College, candidates would only be concerned about representing and winning the densely populated regions, leaving many states out of the selection process. This is more than just campaign stops. Presidential candidates would have to pander to highly urban concerns alone, and the entire system would modify to only consider the needs of these people rather than the current system which forces candidates to become familiar with a variety of regional issues across the nation.
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Those who want to abolish the Electoral College claim that every vote should count, and at the same time they are proposing that the votes of their own state could be negated entirely if they joined a coalition of 271 electoral votes and agree to cast their electoral votes for the popular vote winner despite their own state’s wishes. The Electoral College makes sure that, win or lose, every voters' decisions within their states are heard, and it also insures that their state reflects the will of the voters within the state. Also, nothing requires a state to allocate all of its electoral votes to one candidate. State laws have created the winner take all scenario. States can divide their electoral votes by district or by proportion if they choose to do so, and it still satisfies the requirements of the Electoral College. Without the Electoral College, any state could actually nullify the results of their own in-state election and represent the outcome of another state. One could ask, why have states at all? This was the argument of federalists vs. anti-federalists when the Constitution was ratified, where some fought to strengthen the federal government and others sought to protect the rights fo states. The Electoral College clearly limits federal authority by maintaining state control and input in the selection of the presidency, even if it overrides the national popular election because every voice and every state should have input in the selection, not just heavily populated states that have chosen winner-take-all in their electoral college.

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