Sorry dude, no dice...leave the Electoral College the way the Founding Fathers designed it.
The reasoning for DC to be a state, according to the Democrats, is they have no Senate representation. However, San Diego, that votes Republican in every election, is in a state that has two Democrat senators. To technically, San Diego has no senate representation. Should San Diego be it’s own state, using their logic?
Nancy will be back at home in Hell before DC becomes a State
If D.C. gets in as the 51st state, red states should secede. Historically, states tend to come in pairs for balance. Last time was Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. You could go all the way back to 1820, when Maine and Missouri became states.
So the full article and another link shows that the result of the 2016 election would have been identical. How about 2020? There’s no reason to support a change in the rules if the outcome does not change as a result.
The second this bill is signed into law it'll get shot down in the courts.
D.C. cannot become a state unless a Constitutional Amendment is passed. And please don't give me this garbage about "Since when did Dems care about the Constitution?" - not gonna happen folks. Stop subscribing to fear porn.
Just vote by county. Win a county, get 1 point. Most points in state wins electoral vote of that state.
Or we can make DC it’s own independent country, sort of like Lesotho.
In a few months, the Morlock inhabitants would all die of starvation but at least they would have representation in the UN.
Good riddance. /spit.
it isn’t about representation, and it isn’t about enfranchisement.
DC can’t be a state because then that state would exert extortive influence over the federal government. it’s actually pretty simple.
If only Red states do this they are committing suicide. I favor this plan, but it must be all states.
DC will have six electoral votes, 3 conferred by statehood, 3 in the residual Federal District, granted to Congress by Amendment XXIII and not removeable by statehood legislation.
Not sure what difference it makes. Most Americans don’t have representation as things currently stand in the Senate but the house is supposed to be their representation anyways. The real problem is the states generally do not have representation in Washington either. Divided government is a myth and the Senate is probably, in all honesty controlled by a very small handful of people.
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I can’t think of a good reason for winner take all. The most fair way to do it is by congressional district, with the overall state winner getting to two additional electoral votes that come from having 2 senate seats. Studies have shown that the overall result would have been about the same. In 2020 Trump would have gotten 7 of California’s 55 votes. Instead, the will of just over 6 million people who voted for him here counts for exactly nothing.
Only conservative states will break up their vote creating a permanent left wing majority.
Keep the EC model. It keeps value in the votes from the middle of the country.
I would make a change, though, in the manner of counting.
There are 435 Representatives, each from a particular House District.
There are 100 Senators, two from each state.
There is EV accorded the State for each Senator and each Representative.
There are three EV accorded to DC.
That is the total 538; half of which is 269, thus making the magic number 270...minimum for an EC Majority.
SO...apportion the EV representing the HOUSE DISTRICT for POPULAR vote winner in that DISTRICT.
Apportion the EV representing the SENATE SEATS for the POPULAR vote winner in the STATE.
And, DC can apportion on the POPULAR vote winner in DC.
That keeps value in EVERY VOTE cast, and addresses the potential for a few major population centers to control the election outcome. Swing States mean nothing. House Districts become the ‘muscle’, without the population centers of the State controlling.
The problem is that the states that are most likely to do this are red states.
Where we need to do it is in swing states where Republicans control the Legislature: Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, etc.
If DC residents want representation, the District land should be returned to Maryland and Virginia