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pnwmom

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22. Because once a state gets 50% plus one vote, EVERY electoral college vote is awarded.

Reply to MichMan (Reply #21)

Sun May 7, 2017, 01:03 PM

May 2017

All the other votes above the 50% have ZERO impact.

So Hillary could have won by 10 million popular votes and still lost the Electoral College. It's a screwed up system.

The Dems are the party that has been hurt by the EC system, and will be hurt more and more, because we do better in the larger, diverse states. We are much more likely to be the popular vote winner. So, as a person in a state inside the compact, I'm comfortable with all our votes going to the popular vote winner, even if in a particular election that meant WA's votes went to the Republican.

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Why doesn't anyone know we're incredibly close to replacing the Electoral College with the popular.. [View all] DonViejo May 2017 OP

KNR AgadorSparticus May 2017 #1

What can we do? Wawannabe May 2017 #2

Problem is, the states that really need this are red n2doc May 2017 #3

It was a beautiful out of the box idea that changes it without a Constitutional Amendment, but you karynnj May 2017 #6

My super Rebl2 May 2017 #12

We need a runoff voting system also SHRED May 2017 #4

Don't like the popular vote compact MichMan May 2017 #5

But this is how sane elections work Ezior May 2017 #9

Already, NONE of a state's votes MATTER above the 50% mark. They're already disenfranchised. pnwmom May 2017 #16

How are they disenfranchised ? MichMan May 2017 #21

Because once a state gets 50% plus one vote, EVERY electoral college vote is awarded. pnwmom May 2017 #22

Never going to happen for these two reasons DaleFromWPB May 2017 #7

In summary, if it ever gets to the point that it mattered there's be great incentive for a state... PoliticAverse May 2017 #13

The compact assumes that all states that ratify it will behave honorably. IphengeniaBlumgarten May 2017 #14

Its a great idea, but it's gonna be tough getting enough EVs. DanTex May 2017 #8

Agreed BigOleDummy May 2017 #11

That does not replace the Electoral College. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #10

I Know Why the Corporate Media Doesn't Cover This. panfluteman May 2017 #15

The only way I want to replace the Electoral College MurrayDelph May 2017 #17

It's not replacing the electoral college Lithos May 2017 #18

Only left-leaning states have signed on to this oberliner May 2017 #19

Sadly, this would be sent to SCOTUS Fiendish Thingy May 2017 #20

I don't agree with this. The system works now. Oneironaut May 2017 #23