I pointed out to her that there was at stake a protection for our Republic put in place by our Founders; that is, the Electoral College.
The Electoral College assures that the winner of the Presidential election has the support of a wide base of the states of the union. The winner can't simply dominate half a dozen large liberal states. There is no way to win with such a narrow base of support.
A second beneficial effect of the Electoral College is that it acts to negate the effects of voter fraud. Under the present system, liberals must arrange to steal votes in states where their influence is not dominant. They would have to steal votes in red states, where elected officials would be able to detect and thwart their efforts.
If the Electoral College were eliminated, the liberals would be able to steal millions of votes in Kalifornia, Illinois, New York, and other liberal dominated states.
If, by stealing votes in liberal states, the libs are able to accomplish having Obama win the "popular" vote, with Romney winning the Electoral College vote, there will come a ground-swell of support for eliminating the Electoral College. Should that happen, every future Presidential election will be won by the candidate whose party can steal the most votes in states that they control. If it is a given that conservatives will never steal as many votes as liberals, then it will be a given that conservatives may never win another Presidential election.
By voting for Romney, even though my daughter thinks that her vote won't count, she will do her part to preserve the Electoral College and protect what remains of the integrity of our elections.
Our system of government is very different from the parliamentary systems of other countries throughout the world. Ours, by design, is close to a "winner-take_all" approach. The president's party control's the executive branch almost completely. Similarly, the majorities of each House of Congress controls that House.
Third-party efforts only serve as spoilers for the party that has most in common with that third-party. Those who support third-parties fail to deal with the reality that they will NEVER be a winning party if they can't even win a majority of either of the existing parties.
Thank you, that’s an excellent summation on why we have to fight hard to protect the Electoral College. A good example is Pennsylvania. The state on the whole is very conservative and we hold our own with local and some state-wide races, yet the winner-take-all system gives our electoral votes to the democrats because of massive vote fraud in Presidential years in cities like Philadelphia. If the country as a whole worked in that manner with the popular vote for Presidency, every White House going forward would be hard left-wing.
Not everyone who votes third-party thinks they'll win.
Thank you for this. My son is planning to vote Libertarian and I have not been able to explain the damage he will do as clearly as you just have. Hope you don’t mind my forwarding this to him.