Capitol Hill Blue Forums Political Issues Politics In General Where have all the conservatives gone?

You have that backwards. The votes of 1/3 of people do count because of the Electoral College.
When our Constitution was written the idea that men, and at the time only men, could govern themselves was an extremely radical idea. There were thoughts to include women and slaves, but the radical idea of self government had to be implemented slowly if were to survive. To judge the authors of our Constitution by today's standards is ludicrous. As with any idea it must first be made to make and then it can be improved on. Our Constitution and the idea of self government it created was limited in what it could do as a reflection of the time it was written. At that time the idea of self government, if only by men, was a radical, as I said, an extremely radical one. To extend its protections to women and slaves would have prevented it from not only being written but from creating the government that could and would include almost everyone.

My point was not just about the primaries. Without the Electoral College a Presidential campaign would not need to have a campaign organization in all 50 states. In states where one party usually wins the the popular vote there are Presidential campaigns from both parties because of the Electoral College. Although they are small there were still Republican and Democrat Presidential campaign offices and staffs in all 50 states because of the Electoral College.

The article I posted a link was older than the yours. But the one I posted was correct in the advice that it gave. The advice to not contest the election because in the long run doing so would only hurt those who were complaining. Contesting it makes those who are doing so to be sore losers. Being sore losers seems to be something the Democrats are becoming very good at.