Laffy
“A near majority of Americans favor amending the Constitution in order to elect presidents based on the popular vote, according to a poll released Friday.
The Gallup survey found that 58 percent of Americans are in favor of making the change, while 39 percent still prefer the Electoral College system.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4902991-many-favor-electing-presidents-based-on-popular-vote-gallup/
Paul Cantrell
@michael_w_busch @GottaLaff
It’s a very good point: minority parties in non-swing states should be lobbying hard for this.
FWIW, believe MN has signed on to the NPVIC.
Michael Busch
It is no longer surprising; but it remains striking to me that the MNGOP takes the position that their supporters should have no say in electing POTUS.
Because they know that Republican candidates for the last 25 years have become POTUS only because of the electoral college, but #Minnesota has gone only for Democratic candidates for 50 years.
Rachael L
@inthehands @michael_w_busch @GottaLaff As frequently pointed out, there are more conservative and republican voters in California than anywhere but Texas -- and more liberal & democratic voters in Texas than anywhere but California. And none of those voters get any real vote or is there a need for candidates to appeal to those voters.
Alan Bucknam
@msbellows @GottaLaff the workaround is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. It’s an agreement among participating states to award all their electoral votes to whichever presidential ticket wins the overall popular vote. It would come into effect only when it would guarantee that outcome.
209 EVs’-worth of states have passed it, another 50 pending…getting close to the magical 270 threshold.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
M.S. Bellows, Jr.
@GottaLaff Aaaand want to know why it still won't happen?
Because amending the Constitution is a state-by-state thing, too, just like the Electoral College the majority wants to remove. And the small states that benefit from that rigged system won't disempower themselves.
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