Large Majority of Americans Want to End Electoral College | Common Dreams
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New polling results released just weeks away from Election Day show a majority of Americans want to replace the Electoral College with popular vote system.
  • Kcap@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I remember being in 3rd grade and learning about the electoral college and thinking, “that’s the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard of”. Still true to this day.

    • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      Then how do you stop urban concerns from completely trouncing rural concerns? Voters from rural areas have valid concerns which are largely opposite of urban voters. If you get rid of electoral college, candidates will campaign in major cities and that’s it. Nobody else will matter.

      For anyone downvoting me- you should know I’m a liberal-libertarian registered Democrat from Connecticut, who’s very much against Trump and most of the BS today’s GOP is peddling. I just don’t think disenfranchising anyone who doesn’t live in a city is the answer.

        • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Which would be replaced with “Can the Democrat win California by a large enough margin?”

          Which was literally the case when people complain about Clinton winning the popular vote in 2016 - across the 49 states that aren’t California more people voted for Trump, but she won California by such a large margin that she won the popular vote because of California alone. Same thing in 2000, where Gore’s popular vote lead was smaller than his margin in CA.

            • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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              2 months ago

              FYI Hillary did not win the popular vote just because of California

              Yes, she did. That there are other combinations of states that she won that combine to have a similar total margin doesn’t change that her national margin was smaller than her margin in California. And that’s the crux of the argument Snopes makes - she won the national popular vote by 2,833,220 and sure she won California by 4,269,978 votes but there are other states she won that if added together had a combined margin in her favor of more than 2,833,220 votes and also just her California votes alone wouldn’t be enough to exceed Trump’s vote count nationwide so it doesn’t count.

              Which is…kinda ridiculous? It’s a big stretch for a frankly kinda dumb claim.