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TexasTowelie

(116,168 posts)
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 09:03 AM 7 hrs ago

Is America Ready to Bid the Electoral College Farewell? - The Daily Show



Why is the Electoral College still used when Republicans AND Democrats complain about it? Michael Kosta learns about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact with some help from CNN's John King. He then visits his home state of Michigan to speak to lawmakers about passing the National Popular Vote Bill... or at least getting it on their agendas.
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Is America Ready to Bid the Electoral College Farewell? - The Daily Show (Original Post) TexasTowelie 7 hrs ago OP
If Musk succeeds in winning his target 18 counties, it might be too late to even discuss ditching the EC. ancianita 6 hrs ago #1
take a look at a map - and then come back and tell me stopdiggin 4 hrs ago #2

ancianita

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1. If Musk succeeds in winning his target 18 counties, it might be too late to even discuss ditching the EC.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 09:26 AM
6 hrs ago

stopdiggin

(12,614 posts)
2. take a look at a map - and then come back and tell me
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 11:44 AM
4 hrs ago

how all of those states are going to be willing to vote against their self interest.
Vast majority of the states (and electoral count) that have 'joined' are solidly blue. Red states, for fairly obvious reasons, are not nearly so interested. And, as we have seen in the past - the concept of 'fairness' as embodied in state legislators - tends to run strongly in the direction of party. Please explain how people that are busy in efforts to disenfranchise voters in their own state - suddenly become interested in enfranchising a population (and outcome) weighted toward other states and demographics?

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