Posted on 09/14/2020 9:02:18 AM PDT by Kaslin
I would suggest the opposite remedy would be a superior system. Rather than the current “winner take all” system favored by most states, Maine and Nebraska already allocate their Electors by Congressional District. If we could get the other States to follow a similar path, then candidates would be forced to campaign in potentially every district. Large states like New York would be obligated to split their electors. The mass of votes in NYC would no longer overwhelm the more conservative rural areas. And while the total number of electors in NY might favor the Liberal candidate, there would still likely be some support for the more conservative candidate.
> Voter fraud is easier in big cities. <
Thanks to the genius of the Electoral College, that voter fraud cannot cross state lines. It can corrupt, at most, the state where that city is located.
Get rid of the EC, and voter fraud in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc. will impact the entire country.
Good added/linked article.
So...if you want the highest voter power individually...end gerrymandering and keep the electoral college. If you qant your big majority bloc to pound the minority this time, get rid of the college. What are we as Americans? Mob rulers or majority common-sensers?
Even with the Electoral College, voter fraud in Chicago and Texas in 1960 did impact the country. But without the Electoral College the situation would be much worse.
I think you’ve described it pretty accurately and to be honest, it’s terrifying to contemplate. The thing that sickens me the most is that my kids (and their future ones) will be stuck in the thick of it, and unlike your grandfather, there will be nowhere for them to escape to.
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They got a good start destroying America with the Kenyanesian Usurpation.
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The 17th amendment was the real republic killer.
‘Eliminating the Electoral College would be difficult, as it requires a Constitutional amendment.’
the Electoral College isn’t going anywhere; once the favorable democrat demographics kick in about a decade from now, the EC will be irrelevant to them...
CA,NY,WA,OR and MA are all that will be needed. With tens of millions of new southern border illegals rushing in as of 2021. And new crooked vote counting methods rubber stamped by the Dem governors to insure all the Dem votes they ever need, forever.
The flyover country Deplorables patriots in ND, IA and the rest that insiders at the East Coast yacht parties laugh about will be ready to use as gulag locations. Nothing more. Forgotten as to federal money or concern over their needs.
> once the favorable democrat demographics kick in about a decade from now, the EC will be irrelevant to them... <
I’ve got to agree with that. Time is on the side of the Democrats. And the next time a D is in the White House, all border controls will be eliminated. Hundreds of thousands of new D voters will flood in.
AOC will be very happy.
It takes 3/4 of the states to pass.
‘If we could get the other States to follow a similar path...’
that will never happen...state governments will never do harder stuff when they can get by with the easier...
Sort of the way Oregon lets Eugene and Portland rule over them. Happens in populace states when the welfare centers out populate the rural areas. Democracy in action, exactly why the founders rejected democracy. They just failed to come up with a way for states to manage to do the same.
We are in all practically ruled now by the big states and have been for decades but only partially, soon will be totally if nothing is done to put down the seditious behaviors of the most populated states, especially the ones populated in large part with illegals.
The Democrats know this....that is why they are pushing so hard to undermine the Electoral College.
Well, the agreement to switch to the popular vote is based on the majorty of states. If a majority can be denied, then the compact is dead.
That would require a constitutional amendment and that will never happen. The states alone determine how their electors are selected, no election is required only tradition enforces it now.
A state has the power to change their method now. No amendment is needed. The only thing that needs an amendment is doing away with the Electoral College altogether.
-PJ
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