[DuncanWaring]

Math Against Tyranny.

[DuncanWaring]

Without the Electoral College, the president will be selected by NYC, SF and LA.

[Jim Noble]

Democrats feel that the Electoral College is anti-democratic because it does not give everyone an equal vote in the election of a US President

It absolutely IS "anti-democratic". So is the Senate. So is the Supreme Court. So is the amendment process.

Democracy is killing this nation, we need less of it, not more.

[ClearCase_guy]

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Supporters believe the compact is legal under Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which establishes the plenary power of the states to appoint their electors in any manner they see fit: “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress”.

But their Compact may run into a problem because they are not allowed to have a Compact:

Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution provides that “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress... enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State.”

[glennaro]

The World Series analogy is easy to understand (i.e., it doesn't matter that one team may score more total runs -- analagous to the popular vote -- it's the team that wins the most games in the series -- analagous to the electoral votes -- that wins the contest). This is easy to understand and most everyone would agree this is the only way -- the fair way -- to determine the victor.

Problem is, with the size and far-reaching (into states' matters) grasp of the federal government and the corresponding severely weakened condition of states' rights -- in combination with the high level of historical and political ignorance of far too many Americans (as the study of American history, displaced by current events and "feelings studies", is barely touched on in many public schools), on the altar of "equality" most voters do not see the United States as a collection of states (i.e., a Republic). They see it as a single large country that is governed and controlled by a strong central national government. This is why so many people are unable to apply the clear World Series analogy to the purpose of the Electoral College vote.

[YogicCowboy]

When do leftists respectfully disagree? I mean that.

[YogicCowboy]

The groundwork was laid 100 years ago: Amendment 17.