We don't really have "federal elections" except for when the electoral college votes. The vote for the president is done at the state level, with the states sending their chosen electors.
That's why we had the electoral college. The state got to choose how their population was represented and then that choice was weighted for the population. The idea was that the state would choose the best way to represent it's people and the weighting at the end makes sure there isn't an incentive to have everyone vote to have an outsized popular vote. Most states had only tax payers vote (landowners, typically white males).
This is no longer true as the federal government stepped in and took that right from the states. The left has done a great job of convincing us that the federal government can't police elections in practical ways but it still can police elections by forcing them to lower the quality of the electorate.
Even crazier, they have the right convinced that maintaining the electoral college is critical now when it serves little purpose. They have us preoccupied defending something that doesn't matter much at all.
Why are the states in charge of federal elections?
We don't really have "federal elections" except for when the electoral college votes. The vote for the president is done at the state level, with the states sending their chosen electors.
That's why we had the electoral college. The state got to choose how their population was represented and then that choice was weighted for the population. The idea was that the state would choose the best way to represent it's people and the weighting at the end makes sure there isn't an incentive to have everyone vote to have an outsized popular vote. Most states had only tax payers vote (landowners, typically white males).
This is no longer true as the federal government stepped in and took that right from the states. The left has done a great job of convincing us that the federal government can't police elections in practical ways but it still can police elections by forcing them to lower the quality of the electorate.
Even crazier, they have the right convinced that maintaining the electoral college is critical now when it serves little purpose. They have us preoccupied defending something that doesn't matter much at all.
We don’t technically have a federal or national election. The President is decided by a series of 50 state elections.