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Showing Original Post only (View all)Philip Gourevitch: Abolish the electoral college. Let's stop talking about democracy and let's have one. [View all]
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Philip Gourevitch
Abolish the electoral college.
Lets stop talking about democracy and lets have one.
Abolish the electoral college.
Lets stop talking about democracy and lets have one.
Andrew Prokop
If Nebraska Rs switch the state to winner-take-all, and its too late for Maine to do the same, the impact could be enormous.
Namely, WI-MI-PA would no longer be enough to get Harris to 270.
Shed need at least one more swing state (NV, GA, AZ, or NC) to get over the line
That last image is nightmare fuel...
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Philip Gourevitch: Abolish the electoral college. Let's stop talking about democracy and let's have one. [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Sep 2024
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What incentive would Republicans have in getting rid of the Electoral College? n/t
elocs
Sep 2024
#5
Yes, because if it was a popular vote presidential election what candidate would bother to campaign in a small state.
elocs
Sep 2024
#9
Voting for a presidential ticket is one of the only civic functions that
allegorical oracle
Sep 2024
#15
The electoral college mechanics kind of water down the democracy part of democracy, don't they?
Beartracks
Sep 2024
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