Posted on 11/13/2026 10:58:11 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
After years of calling for its end, the electoral college’s opponents think now may be their moment.
These activists have long argued that the electoral college is anti-democratic, and that presidential elections should be decided by the popular vote, like every other American election. They say the solution is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which says states should promise to give their electoral college votes to the candidate who wins the popular vote.
Eighteen states (and Washington, D.C.) have signed on to the compact, leaving its members 48 votes short of the 270 votes needed to nullify the college.
But, as our colleagues Patrick Marley and Maegan Vazquez reported this morning, Democrats’ midterm success at the state level means those final votes might now be in play.
Generally, Democratic-led states have been willing to join the compact, especially after Donald Trump became president despite losing the popular vote in 2016, while Republicans have spurned it. With Democrats soon to be in full control of states like Arizona and Pennsylvania, the party likely could get rid of the electoral college. But there remains debate about whether it should.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is the most prominent Democratic state leader to come out in favor of joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, telling Pod Save America on Saturday that “the national popular vote makes sense” and that he will “work with lawmakers to figure out what the right mechanism is for moving forward on that.”
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Whatever centralizes power, the Democrats will puruse.
The Democrats are the enemy within.
Contrary to Josh Shapiro’s opinion, it makes no sense.
Your state’s voters cast a majority of votes for the Republican candidate, but your state gives its electoral votes to the Democrat candidate. Disenfranchising the majority of their voters to the desires of New York and Los Angeles.
I’m afraid we’re doomed.
Yes. They have already started: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4402935/posts
The Post conveniently ignores the Constitution explicitly banning it.
The “flyover” states had better have a good supply of pitchforks and torches. Or just meekly surrender to the Commies and never be acknowledged or heard from again.
“Clinging to their guns and their Bibles.”—Obama.
Trump won the popular vote in 2024. If the Dims pursue the popular vote angle, it means that they believe they can do enough vote fraud in the Dim states to more than compensate legitimate votes in freedom states.
Just posted this a few articles below:
“Surprisingly this wasn’t settled many decades ago, the word “college” is not in the Constitution so the rats will make all kinds of noise before they get slapped down. Bring it on commies!”
Electoral votes matter.
Doesn’t matter
Unconstitutional
Votes can’t be certified...
Then many states will secede from the union...that taxation without representation thing. NYC and LA should not decide who runs the country.
And the votes of at least 40 states will no longer matter. How about them apples?
Those 40 states might as well secede!
Only an enemy combatant would try to implement a national popular vote.
Irrelevant.
It’s a great strategy for permanent control if you have confidence in one’s ability to keep voter rolls dirty, use mass mail-in ballots, and control the counting machines.
What’s even better is that you don’t need to do this everywhere - just large cities and several of the largest states. The rubes in East Moosepatch still vote as normal, and can’t figure out why they keep losing.
Well, most states joined the union with the guaranty of equal representation. If dems want to breach that contract then the states are under no obligation to follow a broken contract.
Tread lightly dems you don’t know how this could end.
haven’t seen anything about it. 🤔😊🙏👍🇺🇸
It’s pretty interesting to think electeds could opt to throw away their constituents’ votes.
It’s even more interesting that they want to.
What citizen in their right mind would want that?
They will abolish the Electoral College.
They will Institute National Gun Registry.
They will enshrine into law Abortion rights.
They will ressurect the Death Tax and increase the percentage.
They will raise income taxes at all levels.
They will raise the Alternative Minimum Tax for millionaires.
They will throw open all borders to anyone who shows up.
They will kill off petroleum in all forms.
They will ban all forms of transportation not by EV.
And on the Second Day Of their power................
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