samsmart
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Why not? Why can't we change that now? The people weren't originally meant to vote for Senators either, but we changed that.
What's so special about a state? Why should states be represented when it comes to the Presidency? Why does my opinion or interests matter only in relation to which state I live in?
To maintain the spirit of federalism our nation was founded upon.
Nowadays, the federal government is seen as overarching to the state governments, which is overarching to the people. However, when it was originally conceived, the federal government was designed to be a tool of both state governments and the people of the nation. That's why we originally had Senators elected by the state legislatures while the House was directly elected by the people - the Senate would represent the states and the House would represent the people and together the two forces would work for the good of the nation.
That's why I support the Maine-Nebraska Method of the electoral college. The electoral vote of a district would go to whichever candidate wins that district, thus representing the will of the people in that district, and the 2 electoral votes of the state would go to the candidate who wins the vote statewide.
This way, the will of small districts and the will of the entire state can have synergy with each other and better maintain the federalism our nation was founded upon.