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I have a few questions on the issue:
1) Does it matter whether it creates battleground states? With the national media resources available to each voter, visits by the President to their specific state don’t matter. You could make the argument that there is secret, special legislation or favors passed to favor these battleground states, but can you give an example of one? Or can you show that it made a significant difference in the election?

2) Was the Electoral college only set up to protect against uneducated votes? And do you think that all Americans vote intelligently today? Or do they have a superficial understanding of the issue, and listen more to mainstream society norms?  Or was the electoral college established in part to represent the smaller states, and the rural areas?  If with a straight majority vote our President would be elected by the highly concentrated major metropolises (New York, L.A., etc.)  whose views may not represent those of the American people at large.
3) What does it take to be a member of the electoral college? Are they required to vote according to the way the population votes, or is that a specific tenet of state law that doesn’t necessarily apply to everyone?