For those who are not aware of it, this dumb power grab to steal elections idea is already well under way, and it would not require a Constitutional Amendment to implement it.
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Dumb idea because it would totally disenfranchise millions of voters. Even if their state voted for a candidate who did not win the popular vote, the state would still award its votes to the candidate who did not win the state.
Plus, there would be not much reason for people in states with a small population to vote.
The Dems are working on implementing it. Each state is allowed to award its Electoral College votes in the manner it chooses.
States with a total of 195 electoral votes have already approved it. Additionally, states with another 68 EVs are working on it (already passed one state house, for example.)
And the Dems claim Republicans are a thread to the Democracy and the Constitution. Hrmmmpf!
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The arguments against it, dope.
Nonsense. 95% of presidents elected also won the popular vote.
OK but it doesn’t work very well unless we change our entire form of Govt.Not talking about eliminating the Electoral College here necessarily. Just bypassing it for the Presidential races. This is an initiative that's proven popular and non-partisan. Why do we still tolerate them only having to campaign in a few "swing" states?
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote
One-page explanation (PDF) The National Popular Vote law will guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It will apply the one-person-one-vote principle to presidential elections, and make every vote equal. Why a...www.nationalpopularvote.com
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Why Do We Still Have The Electoral College?
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Dont forget clinton, obama and biden
The legislature has nothing to do electing a president.
It's a start.
About 12% of the US population lives in California and 0.17% in Wyoming. Both have 2 Senators. Wyoming is obviously way overrepresented in the Senate. Now have a cow about that why don't ya!
So let’s say there is a vote and I ll use small numbers. 100 people and the final vote is 51-49. So by 2 votes a candidate wins. The 49 people who voted against them now have zero representation. In other countries those 49 would be represented by a minority Govt but not so here. So if you want to change our voting rules we need to go all the way and figure that part out. Otherwise you’re begging for a civil war. IMO
Yes. It's a messy business for sure, but one that's apparently worked over the long run. Hopefully, we can eventually, mercifully rid ourselves of this artificial, deliberately divisive, corrosive, mutually sustaining construct -- Republicans vs Democrats.
Then if equal representation should be something other than one man / one vote, it's not working. California still has far more say than New Jersey or Rhode Island even though they're more densely populated. California still has more say than Texas(?) and Alaska even though they have more land area. California simply has more American voters residing within its borders. If you're really that jealous, I'd suggest moving there, but you know, prices, earthquakes, and fires, oh my!
it took you a whole day to figure that out??
by god you got it,,
Meaning, instead of winner-take-all per State as is the current norm, each State waits until all votes are cast (for President) nationwide, then allocates its electoral votes accordingly. The State's roll is effectively moved to the back burner for, yes, electing our President of the "United" States and everyone's vote counts equally.
