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Codeine

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18. I would deem the responses

Reply to JayhawkSD (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 19, 2019, 04:02 PM

Mar 2019

more rational than your rant. States can assign their electoral votes as they please, and should they decide to form a compact that assigns said votes to the winner of the popular vote then that’s a Constitutional decision.

As to what California would have done for Bush, well he won, didn’t he? More people voted for him than his opponent. Our EC votes weren’t enough to change the outcome, so why would it be an issue?

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California would have cast 55 electoral votes for George W. Bush. [View all] JayhawkSD Mar 2019 OP

To be fair, had this been in place in 2000, we might be in our 20th straight year of Democrats mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #1

But W won anyway in 2004, so no difference. And it is two elections, not one manor321 Mar 2019 #2

going along with the will of the majority is now something to disparage? unblock Mar 2019 #3

I don't understand the point... Drunken Irishman Mar 2019 #4

Perhaps not. fleabiscuit Mar 2019 #5

It's not a ridiculous law. When have the Republicans lost the EC but won the popular vote? But it's pnwmom Mar 2019 #6

That is because he won the popular vote. Tiggeroshii Mar 2019 #7

And Bush wouldn't have been running in 2004 if it had been in place in 2000. NYC Liberal Mar 2019 #8

Thank you! allgood33 Mar 2019 #9

Sorry, no. John Fante Mar 2019 #10

Not a rational response in the bunch. JayhawkSD Mar 2019 #11

Except . . . DeltaLitProf Mar 2019 #12

The popular vote compact is 100% Constitutional Recursion Mar 2019 #13

I would deem the responses Codeine Mar 2019 #18

Um, isn't it the popular vote state wide? denbot Mar 2019 #14

The Popular Vote compact is an agreement among states to give their electors Recursion Mar 2019 #16

Well, if you think going along with what everyone else decides is ridiculous kcr Mar 2019 #15

nonsense jcgoldie Mar 2019 #17