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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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I agree that the electoral college is out of date.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.