Posted on 07/14/2023 8:21:14 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
‘Very typical of Democrats to prefer mob rule over a constitutional process’
if the pubbies had the same ability to win the popular vote as the dems, they’d want to do away with the EC as well...
if you want to jiggle the EC, do away with winner take all primaries...
With the exception of the Carolinas, Wisconsin, Alaska, and Arizona (and possibly Michigan and Minnesota if we really stretch things), those states are all likely to go Democrat .
It would be strange to see New York, California, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Maryland, Illinois, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii and DC electors forced to vote Republican, but knowing Democrats, I don't think they'd do it.
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They designated electors to each of the three political branches with the purpose of each institution in mind. As opposed to the House and Senate, whose members know their employers and thus whom they must satisfy, the Framers’ President was unbeholden to the people-at-large, states, Congress, faction, or collection of factions – what we know as political parties.
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