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In reply to the discussion: "That's 98 electoral votes away from making the electoral college effectively irrelevant." [View all]madville
(7,404 posts)33. This could go sour quick
And benefit Republicans if a third party from the left peeled away 5%+. Imagine a Republican getting 44% of the popular vote while the Democrat gets 42%, and the third parties get the other 12%. Likely in the next couple years? Probably not, but it's not impossible.
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"That's 98 electoral votes away from making the electoral college effectively irrelevant." [View all]
Miles Archer
May 2018
OP
There is nothing stopping a determined legislature and governor from changing the law
tritsofme
May 2018
#3
Just pointing out that such a pact would be inherently unstable and likely to fail.
tritsofme
May 2018
#7
In the sense that it is less doubtful we will send men back to the moon by the end of the year
tritsofme
May 2018
#22
They actually voted to do so a few hours before the SCOTUS decision. This is a part of history
stevenleser
May 2018
#10
State legislatures can change how their electors are awarded at any time, a state law would not
stevenleser
May 2018
#34
What a shocking surprise that we elect our presidents by electoral vote and not popular vote!
elocs
May 2018
#5
Even in Missouri the idea of spliting the state up into chunks was or has ...
SWBTATTReg
May 2018
#28
As long as it's just blue states signing up, it doesn't really make any difference.
Captain Stern
May 2018
#27
The day a State gives its EVs to a candidate that didn't win the majority of the State's votes...
brooklynite
May 2018
#32