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Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College
(www.pewresearch.org)
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Every day we get closer to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact getting triggered, effectively killing the electoral college. Doomerism isn't going to get us anywhere.
If the system is gamed then it needs fixed. Which it is and does. Our elections should not be gamed.
That's not really what's happening here. Americans are frustrated that their votes are essentially meaningless if they are not in a swing state, and that the value of your vote is dependent on where you live.
All votes should be equal.
One more time.... It. Will. Never. Happen.
The electoral college is here to stay and it isn't going anywhere. All the downvotes in the world aren't going to change that. So either learn to win elections with it, or shut the fuck up and go away.
That's what people said about landing on the moon and airplanes.
No. It's the NPVIC that'll do it.
Nope. I'm always going to advocate for an electoral system that makes sense instead of the abomination we have now.
People want something better, telling the majority of Americans to shut the fuck up and go away is childish. We need reform.
I've heard a lot of "nevers" in my lifetime. Legalizing cannabis. Overturning Roe.
Sorry dude, I just replied to another one of your comments that I totally agree with you on, but I do not see this ever, ever, ever happening.
Here's why: It takes more guts to break such a long held tradition than the Democrats would ever be willing to show. If they win power again, they will always kick the can down the road.
And it isn't going to happen if Republicans are in power. No way. Because they know it helps them win, so why would they ever change it?
This is similar to the talk 2 years ago about expanding the size of the Supreme Court to dilute the conservative vote. There was seemingly a new article on it posted every other day and how supposedly it could be done, blah, blah, blah... then the second that Biden got into office, everyone forget about it.
Eliminating the electoral college would be a far bigger change, so the chances of it happening are zero. People need to move on and the Dems need to find a way to win with the EC in place.