Elect President via Popular Vote.

Democracy is 1 person, 1 vote.
State officials are elected via popular vote.
Why not POTUS?
The Electoral College is anti-democracy.

As of August 2025, 189.5 million Americans are registered to vote. That’s almost eight in 10 Americans who are 18 or older.

Among states reporting 2025 voter registration data, California has the most registered voters, 22.9 million, followed by Texas (18.3 million) and Florida (13.5 million). These states also rank highest in overall populations.

So, 22.9 CA+ 18.3 TX+ 13.5 FL = 55.7 million voters.

189.5 (Total registered) - 55.7 (CA, FL, TX) = 133.8 million voters.

So the thought that CA, TX, and NY alone can decide a presidential election is total BS.

The fact that several swing states can decide the presidential is total BS.

Yes, the US is not a democracy, it's a republic.....and that's the problem.

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Northwest · M

California and Texas are not really the problem. It's Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and Idaho.

CA and TX get electoral voters roughly proportional to their population, but the latter get more and it's winner takes all.

The Senate is there for a good reason. The real issue is that we have a guy who figured out where all the loopholes are, and he's exploiting them to replace our system with a an authoritarian regime. But we still have an opportunity to foil his plan and plug the holes, so let's make sure we vote come November.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

I agree that the electoral college is out of date. But given that the number of electors in each state is broadly proportional to the number of citizens in that state will fixing it have big effect on the results?

I would think that introducing compulsory voting would be a more productive use of time and effort.

JSul3 · 70-79

@ninalanyon That's why we have the House of Representatives, based on population.

IMO, there should be more than two Senators in states, based on total population.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@JSul3 Is a bicameral parliament actually any better than unicameral? Norway amended its constitution quite recently to abolish the second chamber. I think the grounds were that since the political make up of the two chambers was pretty much the same that it was just a waste of valuable political time.

JSul3 · 70-79

@ninalanyon And every Senator and Representative is elected via the popular vote in their respective states.

Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

If it were the Democrats who currently benefited from the Electoral College, you would be singing the praises of the wisdom of the Founding Fathers. 🤣

Rhapsodically. 🤣 🤣 🤣

JSul3 · 70-79

@Thinkerbell No.....but tell me how many Republicans who became President, won the popular vote.

I voiced opposition to the EC when in HS Gov class in '69.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

Yup, who cares if the people of Rhode Island are not represented in the election process

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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@JSul3 Yup, who cares if the people of Alaska are not represented in the election process

JSul3 · 70-79

@sunsporter1649 In an election where the popular vote decides the winner, every vote is valuable and in fact, would result in more participation in voting.

The EC results in voter apathy.

What part of representation in electing the President via popular vote are you failing to grasp?

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@JSul3 Why not just let the 5 states with the most people, including the 25,000,000 illegal aliens, vote, makes as much sense as anything you have proposed. Or perhaps mail out ballots to the population of the world so they have a say what the future of the country would be

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