text: Steven Lyons - So I take it you're absolutely fine with all the big cities deciding every presidential election?
  
  You see, the Founders understood that geographical diversity was important. People in cities have different values than people in exurban areas. So, they created the Electoral College to provide some regional balance. And, that is still how that works. If you look at the county map for the 2016 election, you see that it was a triumph for suburban and rural areas. Clinton carried only the cities. Heck, only 18 states have a Democratic-controlled legislature and governor.
  
  Get rid of the EC and those areas no longer have any say in the presidential election. We become Panem, with the capital(s) dictating our society and the rural areas subjugated to our "betters". Forget that the rurals provide everything that cities require to survive. We aren't smart enough to make the more important choices of society.
  
  Alaskans, of all people, should resist any move to get rid of the EC.