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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College

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Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College

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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months ago
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65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.
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    The way elections are run Is mostly up to the states. The electoral college, though, is stipulated in the Constitution.

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      So is a method to change the Constitution.

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        That really is the only way to get rid of the electoral college.

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          That’s not exactly true. Each state could choose to give their votes to the candidate that wins the national vote. Then the electoral college system would still exist on paper but in reality wouldn’t be relevant to the outcome.

          I think it would be better to amend the Constitution. But it’s not the only way to make popular vote reality.

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            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

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            The states changing their electors outside their popular vote is exactly what Trump was trying to do.

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              And they’re gearing up for version 2.0. Shit’s gonna get weird in a few months.

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                Nice try

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                    I can see you have long term feelings. I do not. I wasn’t attempting to scare, I simply stated the truth. As such, there is nothing to “correct”, as you say. I suggest you go on your merry way, as will I.

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        Are you suggesting with say…an amendment?

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          Or we could ratio it out of existence. If we had 10,000 representatives then the EC would match the popular vote results.

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