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The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
NY Times ^
| February 28, 2019
| Jamelle Bouie
Posted on 03/01/2019 7:38:16 AM PST by C19fan
It’s still well under the radar, but the movement to circumvent the Electoral College gained ground this week. On Sunday, Jared Polis, the governor of Colorado, said he would sign a bill to join the National Popular Vote interstate compact, whose members have pledged to give their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. The Maine Legislature, likewise, is mulling membership and will hold hearings to discuss the issue.
Attacking those lawmakers, Paul LePage, the former governor of Maine — who still calls into conservative radio shows from his retirement home in Florida — dismissed the proposal as an attack on the political rights of white people. “Actually what would happen if they do what they say they’re going to do is white people will not have anything to say,” he said. “It’s only going to be the minorities that would elect. It would be California, Texas, Florida.”
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Mexico; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Colorado; US: Florida; US: Maine; US: New Mexico; US: New York; US: Texas
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Another article talks about all the defects without one word about what type of popular vote to replace it with or the implications to our party structure if the Electoral College was eliminated.
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:38:16 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Wow, New Yorkers think that the five biggest states should run the other 45 as colonies. Who’da thunk it?
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:39:30 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: C19fan
The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
Well, then I’m glad we don’t have a democracy. Try Constitutional Republic instead.
To: C19fan
It’s so obvious they don’t want to teach the Constitution or even follow it.
Thomas Jefferson had more brain power in his pinky toe than the sum total of every Democratic elected official in the nation.
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:40:57 AM PST
by
PittsburghAfterDark
(The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
To: C19fan
It preserves our Republic.
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:41:07 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: C19fan
Another name for the list.
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:41:09 AM PST
by
Seruzawa
(TANSTAAFL!)
To: C19fan
Except we aren’t supposed to have a frickin’ Democracy. Its a Constitutional Representative Republic.
If these people don’t like it then GTFO. I’m sure Red China will welcome them.
To: C19fan
The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy Yet, somehow we've managed since 1789.
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:41:30 AM PST
by
The Sons of Liberty
('DEPLORABLE' Charter Member of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy - and DAMN Proud of it!.)
To: C19fan
We’re a Republic, not a democracy. Read the Constitution idiots at the NYT.
To: C19fan
You know, just as a fantasy, I would love to see the Marxists get their way on this: They do away with the electorate and Trump ends up winning on the popular vote while their candidate would have won had the electoral college still been in effect. LOL LOL LOL!
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:42:03 AM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
To: C19fan
IT’S NOT A DEMOCRACY! I am so tired of this $h!t.
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:42:10 AM PST
by
READINABLUESTATE
(I hate baby killing pedophile socialist gun grabbers)
To: C19fan
The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy That's a feature, not a bug.
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:42:32 AM PST
by
Campion
((marine dad))
To: C19fan
The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy But it is the backbone of our REPUBLIC!
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:42:43 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: shelterguy
Beat me to it.
The doof doesn't even know the type of government we have.
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:43:04 AM PST
by
ealgeone
To: C19fan
Yes it is a threat to their fantasy democracy.. ..that’s why the lefties want to do away with it.
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:43:13 AM PST
by
Leep
(It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
To: Travis McGee
This issue will be the trigger for CWII. It would permanently disenfranchise a majority of the counties and districts in the country and end our Republic.
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:43:24 AM PST
by
Oldexpat
(Jobs Not Mobs)
To: C19fan
It worked until Hillary showed up ,LOL
To: C19fan
The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
Well, duh. It prevents ‘democracy”. These people are imbeciles. The federal Government is not a democracy you maroons! And that is by design. It is a constitutional, representative republic. The voters don’t select the president. The states do.
To: C19fan
They must mean “their” democracy. Not my form of govt. and with good reason. Call it what it is! Lots of pundits still use the term. Even on the conservative side. STOP IT!
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:44:20 AM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: C19fan
Jamelle Bouie ........................
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posted on
03/01/2019 7:44:56 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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