NationalPopularVote:state-based plan to guarantee the Presidency to the candidate winning most votes

6 replies, 721 views

Thread info Bookmark this thread Trash this thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum

Replies to this discussion thread

6 replies	Author	Time	Post
NationalPopularVote:state-based plan to guarantee the Presidency to the candidate winning most votes (Original post)	BeckyDem	Nov 2020	OP
Good luck getting red states to sign up for this	sweetloukillbot	Nov 2020	#1
You only need enough to reach 270	DrToast	Nov 2020	#2
Find the states to do it then	sweetloukillbot	Nov 2020	#3
Why would Republican states sign onto this?	Dem2	Nov 2020	#4
My guess is they hope to persuade and they lose nothing by trying.	BeckyDem	Nov 2020	#5
The previous posts are correct, red states will never go along with this	groundloop	Nov 2020	#6

Response to BeckyDem (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:13 PM

sweetloukillbot (6,706 posts)

1. Good luck getting red states to sign up for this

Biggest pipe dream of the past 20 years.

Reply to this post

Response to sweetloukillbot (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:14 PM

DrToast (6,403 posts)

2. You only need enough to reach 270

Reply to this post

Response to DrToast (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:16 PM

sweetloukillbot (6,706 posts)

3. Find the states to do it then

It's not happening. So far EVERY state that has signed up over the past 20 years has been blue. No Red or Purple states. They're not going to give up their power.

Reply to this post

Response to BeckyDem (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:18 PM

Dem2 (8,158 posts)