Posted on 12/16/2016 5:15:29 AM PST by StAntKnee
They will have to get 3/4 of the states to agree.
So do they want to do away with the Senate also? Same principal.
Dream on....
What I find hysterical is that these same Progressive Democrats loved the Electoral college back when they thought there was a “Blue Firewall” assuring Hillary’s victory. Their unspoken assumption was that ballot stuffing in big cities such as Detroit and Philadelphia would always assure that key battleground states went Democrat.
So you say, but I think you'll be disappointed. Especially when the right realizes they may need support of the left in some areas to pass term limits. That's when the deal making begins, and you must know of the right's penchant for bending over backwards to give the left whatever they want. You know, because "bipartisanship".
An Article V Convention will NOT end the way supporters suggest. Be careful what you wish for.
The dummycrats: "Well, we want to end the Electoral College, and we won't support your term limits whatsoever unless you show some support to get rid of the EC"
Republicans (always prepared to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory): "Ok"
Once again, be careful what you wish for.
Got bad news for those idiots.
An amendment to end the electoral college, or enslave it to tje popular vote, would disenfranchise every smaller state in the Union, leaving control in the hands of the major metropolitan areas of the US.
Assuming basic sanity on the part of these states, such an amendment would never pass. After all, 2/3s of the states would have to ratify it.
Perhaps that is a big assumption, though.
Sorry but the founders were dead set against mob rule as a form of government and set up the EC to prevent a tyranny of the majority.
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And this is exactly what knowledgeable people who are either for OR against the EC clearly understand, but for opposite reasons. Did I say that right?
Fine. Do away w/ the EC; just have it so each county is counted instead.
NOPE. The ELECTORAL VOTE setup ain’t broke just ‘cause
HITLER-Y CLINTON lost.
Even IF ya’ll manage to get it torpedoed; ya’ll will be
howling to get it changed back the next time a DHIMMICRAT
loses with your “new & improved” method.
This only comes out from Liberals when they lose the electoral college vote. When they win the electoral college vote as when B. Clinton won the electoral college vote but never got a majority, only a plurality - due to third party Perot. If they were not the hypocrites that they are, such results would have them demand a run off whenever a clear majority of the “popular” vote is not achieved. Who knows how it would have turned out without Perot on he ballot. Did the Dims want to know? No. The electoral college majority was fine with them, then.
I guess they think they'll win back the States they no longer control with the stirring battle cry of, "We could have had Hillary !!!".
Funny how the Founders figured out “The Hunger Games” form of Governance wasn’t such a good idea.
I've always liked the Congressional District method, as it would break the power of the Metro areas (Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas, Philly, etc.) calling the EV shots for the whole state.
Using the first two methods, CA would lose 12 EVs, FL 16/18, MI 11/9, PA 15/13. Worst hit among the Republican side would be TX 11, GA 4, and a half dozen others 1.
You’re right. That is interesting. Thanks for the link.
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