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Abolish the electoral college?

What would happen? Republicans would never hold power again?

No, that’s ridiculous. In no world would it lead to a single party state. That’s delusional thinking.

What would actually happen is the Republican Party would become more moderate in an attempt to cultivate more voters. Then the Democrats would slowly move left instead of the constant shift to the right they’ve undergone for the last three decades.

This is the result of just a simple popular vote. Something like rank choice voting could even lead to more viable third parties. Or at least coalitions instead of just two parties.

Somehow this is opposed by those that shout the loudest about “we the people”, but they fail to realize the only word in that statement they care about is “we”.

Just remember, the world is on an endless march towards progress. God will not send judgement. It’s only us.

No justice, no peace.

There’s my political rant for the hour.
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dancingtongue · 80-89, M
The work around on the Constitutional issue is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Under it, participating states (and DC) agree to cast all their electoral votes for the candidate receiving the largest national popular vote. The compact is triggered when sufficient states (plus DC) have joined it to have a majority of the Electoral Vote. It currently has 17 states and DC, representing 39% of the Electoral College but 77% of the 270 electoral votes needed to elect the President.

A more equitable solution closer to the original intent of the framers of the Constitution, imho, is if every state allotted its Electors in proportion to the popular vote in their states rather than on a winner-take-all basis. This would still make smaller, rural states relevant, forcing candidates and parties to campaign nationally rather than just a few swing states with a disparate amount of leverage for their size, and approximate the national popular vote.
trollslayer · 46-50, M
@dancingtongue i thin the second idea is much more feasible, but i doubt many states would do that unless all did that. A red dominated state is not likely to give up 1/3 of it’s EC votes to democrats unless. Blue dominated state is willing to do the same. And if all states did it, the EC vote would be more reflective of the Popular vote, and the GOP would never go for that.
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