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How should the American people structure the government to prevent another Trump-like president (or worse) from ever getting elected as president in the future? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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How do we structure the government to prevent a another nutcase president from being elected?

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[–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Isn't it like... the exact reason... the electoral college exists?

Like... "Hey dumb shit voters, we don't trust you to not be deceived by a conman populist piece of shit, so we're going to have an elector make the final call whether the one you voted for should actually be allowed to win."

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago

    Yes, but the electoral college has basically never functioned in that manner. People rightly argued that they should get what they vote for, thus electors in most states are legally bound to vote for the winning candidate.

    There should be a role against winner take all. All of California doesn't vote Dem and all of Texas doesn't vote fascist. A proportional electoral college would have a more center left leaning.

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