Electoral College - What you need to know?

[Harry Bosch]

I wonder if this would be a good time to try to amend the constitution and get rid of the electoral college. The Magats are so stupid maybe they can be convinced because the electoral college didn't help them this time.

Plenty of Republicans are concerned about that. Time for a covert campaign against the EC.

Well, a large majority of republicans tried to overturn the EC result in 2020. We need to move to popular vote because it would be easier to trust rather than trust 50 states (and all the voting districts within the states) to carry out a fair election.

 

[TomC]

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And while there is no perfect solution to this problem, I believe that

https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/

has the most feasible solution.
Tom

Maybe. But suppose a red state does join the states (overwhelmingly-blue) that have enacted National Popular Vote, the 270 threshold is reached, and we have another election like 2016 where the popular vote is D but the usual electoral vote would go for the R. Does anyone doubt for one second that the red state which signed up for National Popular Vote would violate their own agreement and cast their EV's for the Red? There's no doubt whatsoever that they would cheat: Cheating and winning elections at any cost are the sole ideological principles left to the Republican Party.

And if the popular vote is close? The GOP would demand recounts in every state, doubtless cheating on the count in every state they control. States controlled by "National Popular Vote" would feel free to impose their own versions of counts from blue states. Chaos.

Like I said, it's imperfect. But more feasible than any other plan I know about to get rid of the biases of the current system.
Tom

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I wonder if this would be a good time to try to amend the constitution and get rid of the electoral college. The Magats are so stupid maybe they can be convinced because the electoral college didn't help them this time.

Plenty of Republicans are concerned about that. Time for a covert campaign against the EC.

Well, a large majority of republicans tried to overturn the EC result in 2020. We need to move to popular vote because it would be easier to trust rather than trust 50 states (and all the voting districts within the states) to carry out a fair election.

Imagines the GOP contesting the California results. Not that the Dems won, but the margin. There is no where that is safe if the opponents have no sense of dignity or care for Democracy.

 

[ZiprHead]

 

[Jayjay]

Well, a large majority of republicans tried to overturn the EC result in 2020. We need to move to popular vote because it would be easier to trust rather than trust 50 states (and all the voting districts within the states) to carry out a fair election.

Imagines the GOP contesting the California results. Not that the Dems won, but the margin. There is no where that is safe if the opponents have no sense of dignity or care for Democracy.

If it's about the margin, there's no need to limit the challenges to democrat-majority states. They could challenge the results in Florida and Texas also, or any other state for that matter. But so what? If the challenges have no merit, they'll be tossed out of court like Trump's challenges were. The only advantage that could be gained from frivolous lawsuits is sowing doubt so that either the state legislatures or the congress could contest the results, but that risk exist even now.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Well, a large majority of republicans tried to overturn the EC result in 2020. We need to move to popular vote because it would be easier to trust rather than trust 50 states (and all the voting districts within the states) to carry out a fair election.

Imagines the GOP contesting the California results. Not that the Dems won, but the margin. There is no where that is safe if the opponents have no sense of dignity or care for Democracy.

If it's about the margin, there's no need to limit the challenges to democrat-majority states. They could challenge the results in Florida and Texas also, or any other state for that matter. But so what? If the challenges have no merit, they'll be tossed out of court like Trump's challenges were. The only advantage that could be gained from frivolous lawsuits is sowing doubt so that either the state legislatures or the congress could contest the results, but that risk exist even now.

Despite no valid claims or even accusations, Trump supporters stormed the Capitol Bldg, some chanting to hang the VP. And still tens of millions of people think the election was stolen. States have tightened up voting access as a result of the Dems winning.

And most of these people were devout followers of an anonymous statement generator and thought the military was going to arrest the Dems before inauguration.

This stuff usually trends the wrong way.