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Democrats Could Nuke the Electoral College - TPM – Talking Points Memo (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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With their new trifectas in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada, Democrats could sign onto the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, in which states give their electoral votes to whoever wins the nationwide popular vote. All five of those states haven’t yet signed; the 19 that have possess 222 of the 270 votes needed to win the presidency. The additional states would activate the Compact. Some states might decline, bellyaching over losing their place of prominence in picking the president, but that would be irritatingly myopic: of the five presidents who won while losing the popular vote, four were Republicans.

Talk about historic.

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[–] 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'll believe it when I see it ... over the past few decades, the US has shown potential but seldom done anything to change how their government is elected and held in power.

And between the two parties ... they are just Lite-Conservatives and Ultra-Conservatives supported by those with the most money and monied interests

Eliminating the Electoral College is a nice idea but that's like asking your elderly grandfather who can still drive his car to give up driving because he's too old. Personally, I don't think major change won't start happening in the US, if it ever does, until about 20-30 years from now when all these ancient political dinosaurs have died off and newer generations of people start stepping in. America first has to shrug off the stench of 70-80 year old ghouls who want to hold to power for as long as possible.

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  • [–] 26 points 5 days ago

    I’ll believe it when I see it … over the past few decades, the US has shown potential but seldom done anything to change how their government is elected and held in power.

    Are you trying to say that all of the work for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has done NOTHING?

    The Compact has been enacted by 18 states and DC (CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, IL, MA, MD, ME, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, VA, VT, WA) representing 222 of the 270 necessary Electoral College votes. That certainly seems like a LOT has been done towards this over the last "few decades".

    I think you've done absolutely zero research on this topic, AND you didn't bother to read the article, link, or even the synopsis the OP included at the top.

    GTFO out of here with your doomer, "both sides are the same" bullshit. Because you're clearly not discussing this in good faith.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 days ago

    over the past few decades, the US has shown potential but seldom done anything to change how their government is elected and held in power.

    One could argue that Citizens United was a pretty major change in how the government is elected and held in power. Just not in the right direction.

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