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Noah McDonald on Electoral College vs Popular Vote

Electoral College vs Popular Vote

Claims and stances

0:25 Noah McDonald strongly supports: The Electoral College should be maintained because it is a long-standing historical institution that is difficult to change.

Transcript

0:00 Hey um I appreciate you coming out.
0:02 Uh first things first, great video.
0:04 Uh I think it really proposes some great questions about the US system.
0:09 And honestly, uh you brought up some great points.
0:12 Um But yeah, I'm sort of uh on the fence as well.
0:15 Like I I don't know, it has both its positives and its negatives.
0:18 I really think that yeah, just I don't know.
0:22 I feel like a popular vote would represent the population more.
0:25 Um obviously you're taking just a pure majority, which I think at times has its upsides, but also at the same time, um I think the Electoral College has been working for us for the past 200 years plus and so I mean it really is just it would be tough to be able to change the way things have always been, so