That takes a rewrite the constitution. States have the power to make those decisions. The system was weighted, intentionally, in favor of rural and small states to get unanimous approval for a united states constitution. Electoral reform requires amending the constitution. On the other hand, if we allow the courts, Congress and the rule …
That takes a rewrite the constitution. States have the power to make those decisions. The system was weighted, intentionally, in favor of rural and small states to get unanimous approval for a united states constitution. Electoral reform requires amending the constitution. On the other hand, if we allow the courts, Congress and the rule of law to be torn down, we won’t have to worry about it. All those decisions will be made without our input. Meanwhile, as we still have some semblance of our democratic institutions, those who don’t support a right wing authoritarian agenda will continue to need in the range of 50% +7 to 10% majority.
You can see here that only in the past 20 years have we had such consistently narrow presidential elections where the popular vote was within a few percentage points.
How are the "courts, Congress and rule of law to be torn down" affecting the current Electoral College system? It's working as designed. It's not designed to be a popular vote.
That takes a rewrite the constitution. States have the power to make those decisions. The system was weighted, intentionally, in favor of rural and small states to get unanimous approval for a united states constitution. Electoral reform requires amending the constitution. On the other hand, if we allow the courts, Congress and the rule of law to be torn down, we won’t have to worry about it. All those decisions will be made without our input. Meanwhile, as we still have some semblance of our democratic institutions, those who don’t support a right wing authoritarian agenda will continue to need in the range of 50% +7 to 10% majority.
You can see here that only in the past 20 years have we had such consistently narrow presidential elections where the popular vote was within a few percentage points.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-States-Presidential-Election-Results-1788863
Here is an alternative solution that does not require a rewrite of the constitution and preserves the majority vote. Some states have already agreed. https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation
How are the "courts, Congress and rule of law to be torn down" affecting the current Electoral College system? It's working as designed. It's not designed to be a popular vote.
I said if they are torn down, we won’t have to worry about it. Another words, we won’t have to worry about the electoral college..