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You really need to read up on the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
The states get to decide how they want to select their electors. If the states choose their electors based on the national popular vote rather than the vote in the state, they have that power. If enough states pass legislation changing how they choose electors, then the electoral college becomes a vehicle for the national popular vote.
Boom. Thank you. I knew larger states would find a way. No way would they tolerate this long term.
That the popular vote didn't reflect the results of the Electoral College. It has only happened five times, twice in the past sixteen years, as has been discussed several times in this thread. The other three times were in the 1800s.
The democrats would not have to worry about it if they had bothered to vote and vote for their candidate. MI, WI, and PA would all have gone for Clinton if turnout had been at or above 2012 levels. Trump's total margin in the three was only 100K votes. These states were, and still are "blue wall" but, geez people, you gotta vote.
That's a fairy tale. Democrats have been trying to get rid of the electoral college for years. Hence the progress the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has made.
Maybe in the early 2000s after Bush's first win. But they haven't made much noise about it since 2008, I guarantee.
The democrats would not have to worry about it if they had bothered to vote and vote for their candidate. MI, WI, and PA would all have gone for Clinton if turnout had been at or above 2012 levels. Trump's total margin in the three was only 100K votes. These states were, and still are "blue wall" but, geez people, you gotta vote.
So is it like a retractable wall, one that goes up and down? Or is it more like a "blue gate," perhaps?
That's a fairy tale. Democrats have been trying to get rid of the electoral college for years. Hence the progress the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has made.
So much progress that I have never even heard of it lol.
I wonder if the housing values are high in the swing towns and the swing neighborhoods of the swing towns. Do the candidates come directly to key peoples homes to grovel for your "swing" vote?
does the swing boundary zone zero in to one guys house, the one swing vote that determines the electoral college for that swing state. I want to be that guy and stand out over a crowd and put my thumb up or down.
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