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In reply to the discussion: Another reason to eliminate the Electorial College [View all]Yeehah
(4,585 posts)15. LMAO! Lose elections!?
Juggle your brain box a little bit and see if you can recall how George W. Bush and Donald Trump got elected. Maybe you can explain how establishing a goal to improve democracy in the USA would lose more elections for Democrats than we're already losing with the electoral college. Should be interesting.
I would foresee the first step in accomplishing the goal as a public information campaign - "why we want to do this." Some other measures that could be used would be larger population states using their power in the House of Representatives to coerce lower population states to pass the amendment.
It's the right thing to do and that's what Democrats need to do.
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I don't like the EC. But we will never get rid of it. Thus we need to learn how to use it to
Demsrule86
Oct 2020
#1
I thought it was the state legislatures that decided Senators before, not US house
Hamlette
Oct 2020
#39
not true. An amendment requires 3/5 of all states. The compact only requires enough states to reach
Voltaire2
Oct 2020
#45
The best reason to correct the constitution to reapportion senators according to population.
BComplex
Oct 2020
#23
Again that won't happen either. It was done that way on purpose so smaller states would have a say.
Demsrule86
Oct 2020
#30
It needs to be fixed, and all but a tiny handful of people think it's fine the way it is. And, of
BComplex
Oct 2020
#32
The Constitution was written that way so the people would have a greater say in the House
marie999
Oct 2020
#24
It's time that most of the people (majority) had more control over the country.
BComplex
Oct 2020
#34
The United States was never set up to be a democracy there isn't any exact name for our government
marie999
Oct 2020
#49
Go after the Permanent Reapportionment Act of 1929 as being unconstitutional instead
littleredhen
Oct 2020
#40