Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoMajority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral Collegewww.pewresearch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square84linkfedilinkarrow-up1584arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe way elections are run Is mostly up to the states. The electoral college, though, is stipulated in the Constitution.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSo is a method to change the Constitution.
minus-squareset_secret@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAre you suggesting with say…an amendment?
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOr we could ratio it out of existence. If we had 10,000 representatives then the EC would match the popular vote results.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat really is the only way to get rid of the electoral college.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe states changing their electors outside their popular vote is exactly what Trump was trying to do.
The way elections are run Is mostly up to the states. The electoral college, though, is stipulated in the Constitution.
So is a method to change the Constitution.
Are you suggesting with say…an amendment?
Or we could ratio it out of existence. If we had 10,000 representatives then the EC would match the popular vote results.
That really is the only way to get rid of the electoral college.
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The states changing their electors outside their popular vote is exactly what Trump was trying to do.