Posted on 09/18/2020 2:12:48 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Let’s squarely face an ugly possibility: President Trump could get elected a second time without winning the popular vote. Indeed, according to most experts, that’s the only way he could be re-elected.
This would surely prompt another chorus of calls to scrap the Electoral College. I think that would be a mistake.
I say that even as I acknowledge that Trump has undermined the Electoral College’s legitimacy—not because he owes his election to it, but because of how he has behaved since taking office.
One of the Electoral College’s purposes is to broaden the president’s mandate and agenda by forcing candidates to appeal to different parts of the country and not just rack up votes in one region or a handful of states. But previous presidents who didn’t win the popular vote made a point of reaching out, once in office, beyond the coalition that elected them and at least pretending to lead the whole country.
Trump went a different way, effectively putting his thumb in the eye of the majority that didn’t vote for him.
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Goldberg cannot overcome his TDS. If President Trump had reached out his hand to the majority that didn't vote for him they wold have taken his arm off! As it was he had to endure two years of the Mueller farce and an impeachment trial.
Never Trumper’s such as Goldberg are not worth the time it takes to read their drivel.
Jonah and his mommy can take a flying f**k at a rolling doughnut.
The Electoral College is the only thing that makes this a viable union. Without it national elections would be decided by California, Chicago and New York City.
The rest of the States are never going to agree to disenfranchise themselves by agreeing to popular elections of presidents. Discussion of this topic is little more than mental masturbation.
Most the the vitriol directed at the President is made-up outrage. If The Donald is so bad, why do his enemies keep making up false accusations about him?
Jonah is a pathetic loser.
Whaaa, whaaa, mommmmmie...
“how much of that can be attributed to California alone?”
All of it. Clinton won the popular vote by about 2.90 million. Clinton won California by 4.27 million.
Discount California and Trump would win the popular vote by well over a million votes.
You suppose Democrats would call the Electoral College obsolete if it meant that they would lose elections? Do you suppose they would still celebrate illegal immigration if it were GOP voters pouring across the southern border?
All their “positions of conscience” seem to be the answer the question “what gives us more power?”
Uh.... No and No.
Because we don’t want seven cities or five states determining who’ll be president.
Find me 38 states that would agree with this, although that might be Soros’ goal by meddling in state and local elections.
Jonah Goldberg? Are you kidding me? I wouldn’t take into consideration anything that punk has to say.I’d rather hear the wisdom of a homeless bum.
Also 2/3rds of the House and the Senate are needed. A rather difficult threshold to meet under the current political environment in the country.
Lincoln was elected by the Electoral College...
Bad luck to that bastard Goldberg.
Heard Rush saying the other day that if it weren’t for the Electoral College, the Democrat votes in Ca. & NY could take the whole country. Would anyone want to live under that?
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