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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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[–] 2 points 7 hours ago

Hm. Yes, maybe it's a matter of public perception. But who in the media landscape is going to argue that this empowers individual voters, whose votes otherwise disappear into nothingness if they lose?

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