Yeah... I'm not shadow boxing. I've seen you state on here that you are Republican before. You're not. You are not conservative, either. I also recognize that there is a difference between conservative and Republican, but it doesn't matter for my point. A direct election would eliminate their voice, which is my primary concern. I wouldn't want it the other way around, either.

Let me be clear that I don't care who's voice is being stifled; I'd be against it. I am a psychological liberal with a conservative political bent. This is not because I think there's anything "right" about the way this nation was founded, but, rather, because I believe there aren't very many better alternatives currently. Almost everything you hear being proposed is to promote dominance for one party or the other, and gives little thought to the individual citizens. There has to be a balance. Any system that would alienate a group of people is a bad system. The idea behind the EC was a good one. Even it's flawed state is better than a direct election.

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