Debunking Buzzfeed's 'Electoral College is Useless' Video

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[JohnSmith-xfzu]

Normally love your videos. But this has to be one of the worst takes from you I've heard in a while. I can't fucking believe I'm about to defend Buzzfeed of all things (kill me pls).

So first of all, "read the constitution" is irrelevant when asking the question of should we keep the electoral college. Of course it's constitutional, but is it right for us is the real question. Imagine for a second that we kept the 3/5ths compromise because "it's in the constitution". That's irrelevant. Just present why the electoral college is a good thing to keep.

Also, saying "Direct Democracy" or "One person, one vote" isn't in the constition is also irrelevant, because the question is if we should put it in there. Seriously, imagine a scenario where we are making a new law. Say asking something like "should we make murderer financing illegal?", and your response is "No because we don't currently have a law making murderer financing illegal". It's a stupid response. Likewise, when asking if we should change the constitution, saying "It's not in the constitution" is a stupid response.

Also, removing the electoral college would not make us a direct democracy. How can you even imply that we would become a direct democracy if we removed the electoral college with a straight face? We would still be voting for people to represent us, just directly voting for the representative. THAT'S STILL A REPUBLIC!

God, I can't wait to sit through the second half of this video.

[micdrop]

Buzzfeed doesn't understand something. Imagine my shock.

[ChillyJack]

"A state like California, which has 39.5 million residents"

Yeah, *residents* not citizens.

[seankenney]

As a conservative in California, my vote never counts.

[metroidhunter]

Coming back to this video after 2024. The “abolish the electoral college” crowd is strangely silent this time around.

[himanchywatchesvideos]

You gotta love when the same people who made “I wore clothes made from human hair for 24 hours” have their political opinions posted

[Frontline_view_kaiser]

I never want to see the words "Buzzfeed" and "Comedian" together like that ever again

[timmcculty]

All Left sites: "Here's why the electoral college is bad and why nationwide popular vote is good."
Constitutionalists: "What about the good parts of the electoral college?"
All Left sites: "Any system that could elect Donald Trump is racist, has no good parts, and must be removed."
Constitutionalists: "There it is."

[griftymcgrift]

Fun fact, canada doesn't have an electoral college and we ended up with a prime minister that 64% of the country didn't want.

[mattmurdock]

Buzzfeed: Has millions of money gives crappy videos

Andrew: Doesn’t have millions in money gives great videos.

[jeffroach]

My neighbor often says, “You can’t fix stupid.”

[blahblahblah]

No, the electoral college isn't stupid, she is.

[leviwarren]

"This is were it gets a little dark...slavery."

I didn't know libs joked about this kind of thing.

[hotpocketbagel]

"I'm ugly, stupid, and I make sensationalist cringe articles for children."
"PLEASE TAKE MY OPINIONS SERIOUSLY"

[strong]

Never heard of her. If she's a comedian, she needs to find a new career.

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America: designs a system to ensure that big states don’t impose their will on small states

Buzzfeed: but I don’t understand ... why don’t the big states have more power??

[CrankyBarista]

I'm surprised she didnt go on to describe how many credits one has to graduate with in the electoral college to go on to electoral university.

[NitePHX]

Is that what she sees when she looks at Barbie? That would explain a lot.

[Thebiggestchief]

Buzzfeed is the personification of everything wrong in the world

[typingcat]

I am not American, and in Korea, presidential election is done by simple majority, so when I first heard about the presidential election of the US, I couldn't understand it, just as she in this video. I think I have improved myself. After learning about the E.C., I now think it is a very clever system. I hope she, as an American, would learn that too someday.