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Democrats’ plan to scrap the Electoral College is finally within reach. One of its architects is having second thoughts. (www.vox.com)
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The 2026 blue wave could end up washing away the Electoral College. In addition to winning Congress, Democrats won full control of state governments in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. That means that a two-decades-in-the-making plan to switch our presidential elections to a popular vote system — a plan 18 states have already approved— […]

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[–] 3 points 10 hours ago*

His concerns boil down to:

  • this might favor democrats more than I thought
  • states could change their minds again, and that would be confusing
  • there should be an independent body for determining the national popular vote
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