Lawrence O'Donnell: If we lived in a democracy, Clarence Thomas would be the only Republican on the Supreme Court &

[highplainsdem]

Judge Cannon wouldn't be a judge because ...

in a democracy the candidate with the most votes wins.

That's why no other democracy in the world copied our Electoral College.

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[Polybius]

1. Maybe

Roberts & Alito came in 2005 though, after W won the Popular Vote in 2004.

[jimfields33]

3. Yep! Why Lawrence would say something so easy to

Fact check is beyond me.

[DeeDeeNY]

11. But Lawrence was correct

W would most likely not have run in 2004 after losing the 2000 election to Gore, which would have been the case if there was no electoral college.
Gore received over half a million more popular votes than W.

[Polybius]

15. Popular Vote mean nothing

If W lost Florida by 200 votes in 2000, he may have ran again in 2004. Gore may have also lost 2004 to Romney or McCain, who in turn would have appointed similar (or even the same) Justices. No way to tell.

[SocialDemocrat61]

6. So W would have run again in 04

after losing in 2000?

[democrattotheend]

8. I don't think that matters

He might or might not have, but either way, he won the popular vote in 2004.

[SocialDemocrat61]

14. But he wouldn't have been President in 04

to run for re-election if the popular vote winner in 2000 had become president.

[Polybius]

16. Perhaps, since it was hyper close, and he would have disputed his 2000 loss

Like I also said to the other poster:

Gore may have also lost 2004 to Romney or McCain, who in turn would have appointed similar (or even the same) Justices. No way to tell.

[maxsolomon]

2. Well, we live in a Republic.

As Republicans constantly remind us.

2 antiquated institutions disenfranchise millions:
1. Electoral College (why are there 2 Dakotas, anyway?)
2. The Senate.

[SunSeeker]

10. A republic is a form of democracy. Republicans are morons.

That's like saying a lemon is not a fruit, it's citrus.

[moondust]

4. Rigged from the beginning.

I suppose the "owners" were scared the poor would begin voting and unite to throw the bums out (and maybe take their stuff), similar to what the French peasants had recently done. The EC was a bit of insurance against that happening.

GQP: The rigging in our favor shall continue.

[underpants]

5. I've always understood it was to prevent Virginia from dominating elections

Which they did anyway at the beginning.

[twodogsbarking]

7. 'merica. Not like the brochure.

[uponit7771]

9. America doesn't have the highest democracy index because of low voter access in Texas and Missouri

[GiqueCee]

12. The Electoral College...

... was a fucking obscenity the day it was written.

[bmichaelh]

13. National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

Getting rid of Electoral College would require Amendment to the Constitution.

However, there is a way, that some states are trying to circumvent it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

They would award their electoral votes to the candidate that wins the national popular vote.

Currently, they have only 17 states and DC (209 electoral votes)
So, I think the compact only goes into effect if they have at least 270 electoral votes.

Whether, some state would challenge it and it would be declared unconstitutional by SCOTUS is another matter.