The Electoral College Has Done Its Thing
Much has been made about who won and who lost in the last presidential race. The bench for both parties was weak or maybe not so weak as old. The process for nominating the party's candidates took too long, cost too much money, and resulted in relatively fewer folks voting which was might have been intentional. Pandering to the base was something I kept hearing. The group in the base that votes in primaries or goes to a caucus is an even smaller group of folks.
Moving forward I doubt there will ever be a a constitutional amendment to get rid of the electoral college. There may need to be new coursework for political scientists to develop less gerrymandered districts for congressional and state districts. Meanwhile the Democratic Party will have to develop programs that speak to the more rural parts of the country. Urban and rural poverty, poor access to medical care, and economic development, housing and environmental problems can happen in all 50 states and it cuts across all age and ethnic groups.
Until rural democrats can get off the endangered species act they may rule California and New York but that isn't enough to win the presidency.
Moving forward I doubt there will ever be a a constitutional amendment to get rid of the electoral college. There may need to be new coursework for political scientists to develop less gerrymandered districts for congressional and state districts. Meanwhile the Democratic Party will have to develop programs that speak to the more rural parts of the country. Urban and rural poverty, poor access to medical care, and economic development, housing and environmental problems can happen in all 50 states and it cuts across all age and ethnic groups.
Until rural democrats can get off the endangered species act they may rule California and New York but that isn't enough to win the presidency.
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