I hope you all are ready to see the Supreme Court twist themselves into all kinds of pretzels to block this, because they will
Imaginaryreality5304 on
“A national effort to circumvent the Electoral College has gained another state.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill Monday that adds the state to the National Popular Vote Compact, an agreement among states to award their presidential electoral votes to the nationwide popular vote winner.
With Virginia, the total number of states signed on to the interstate compact is now 18, plus the District of Columbia, for a total of 222 electoral votes.
The compact doesn’t go into effect, though, until there are enough states signed up to reach the required 270 electoral votes to elect a president.
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AreYouDoneNow on
Great, now do ranked choice voting
Bristol__Key on
the fact this even needs a national effort is the joke, that should already be the default setup
GreenManalishi24 on
Interestingly, the states that join this are saying they are willing to ignore the wishes of their voters for the “good” of the nation. The only way joining this affects a state’s official vote is if that state’s people voted for the loser of the popular vote. In that case, the state switches their vote.
Edit: This also means the states in this trust the voter counts (not just results) of all the other states. For example, currently, if Texas officially votes red by 51/49 or 99/01, it makes no difference: Its electoral votes go red. With this compact in place, Texas officially going red by 99/01 can swing the popular vote to red. Do all the blue states in the compact trust the vote **counts** of Texas, Florida, etc?
MerlynTrump on
I think it’s kind of stupid. A candidate can win a state by a large margin and the state would give it’s EV to the other person because that candidate won the national popular vote by a pp or two.
I prefer proportional allocation of electoral votes. You carry a state with 60%, you get 60% of it’s electoral votes.
Mountain_Reveal7849 on
That fact this isn’t the case blows my mind. The president should be selected by the most amount of votes, point blank period.
Available_Year_575 on
All the people on Reddit who said “but the constitution!” in regard to birthright citizenship, now conveniently forget about the constitution.
Eggheadpancake on
One person, one vote
Fuck the electoral college and anti democratic and pro racist history.
estergooa on
It would have been funny if this was enacted the last election only for Trump to win popular vote anyways.
ikesbutt on
It’s about fucking time. Screw that electoral college bullshit
padizzledonk on
Only 48 more electoral votes and its a wrap for this dumb fucking system
fuck-nazi on
So 48 more electoral votes worth? Which would be what states?
16ozbuddz on
Rank choice please
caserock on
“This is unfair for unpopular ideas” – the GOP tomorrow
MarcusQuintus on
The problem is that the electoral college has only fucked Democrats so no Republican will support this.
HoldingThunder on
Yes, you should get rid of the electoral college.
QDSchro on
I’m so sick of this nonsense………
No president has won an election without a majority of the states. A majority of the states ensures that everyone has a voice. The EC ensures that math. Without is only 5 states would have a voice and the rest of the country would be silenced. People talking about it should be one for one don’t live in the middle of the country or they do and can’t math.
Throwing the entire game away because you lost is, frankly, dumb as fuck. And then cheating by changing it to majority rule is also foolish. Example, Texas was blue for 100 years and California was reliably red for about 40…..you can’t control societal shifts and assuming that it will always favor you is foolish.
BigBoyYuyuh on
Unfortunately we still would’ve been stuck with Trump. The American electorate is stupid.
ShortBrownAndUgly on
Finally, a way to tell repubs to take their gerrymandering and shove it up their collective asses.
flatpetey on
There was a ton more that could have been done and the states just sit there and do nothing.
1. Require 10 years of medical and tax return history to be listed on your state’s ballot. You want privacy – go do something else.
2. Actually enforce the emoluments clause. But since the Constitution is just toilet paper at this point the entire thing is illegitimate anyway.
3. And so on…
randomcanyon on
You would have to change the Constitution.
It happens but not very often and the southern red low population states would oppose vigorously.
aommi27 on
I would love to see a vote every two years assessing Congress’s performance. If the population hates them, the have two more years to go positive in public opinion or they are all ineligible for reelection.
1cl3nstd4yt on
Blue no matter who.
Leftists hate this fact: the NPVIC would never happen if Republicans were in charge.
Both sides are not the same, no matter how frequently leftists lie about it.
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I hope you all are ready to see the Supreme Court twist themselves into all kinds of pretzels to block this, because they will
“A national effort to circumvent the Electoral College has gained another state.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill Monday that adds the state to the National Popular Vote Compact, an agreement among states to award their presidential electoral votes to the nationwide popular vote winner.
With Virginia, the total number of states signed on to the interstate compact is now 18, plus the District of Columbia, for a total of 222 electoral votes.
The compact doesn’t go into effect, though, until there are enough states signed up to reach the required 270 electoral votes to elect a president.
“
Great, now do ranked choice voting
the fact this even needs a national effort is the joke, that should already be the default setup
Interestingly, the states that join this are saying they are willing to ignore the wishes of their voters for the “good” of the nation. The only way joining this affects a state’s official vote is if that state’s people voted for the loser of the popular vote. In that case, the state switches their vote.
Edit: This also means the states in this trust the voter counts (not just results) of all the other states. For example, currently, if Texas officially votes red by 51/49 or 99/01, it makes no difference: Its electoral votes go red. With this compact in place, Texas officially going red by 99/01 can swing the popular vote to red. Do all the blue states in the compact trust the vote **counts** of Texas, Florida, etc?
I think it’s kind of stupid. A candidate can win a state by a large margin and the state would give it’s EV to the other person because that candidate won the national popular vote by a pp or two.
I prefer proportional allocation of electoral votes. You carry a state with 60%, you get 60% of it’s electoral votes.
That fact this isn’t the case blows my mind. The president should be selected by the most amount of votes, point blank period.
All the people on Reddit who said “but the constitution!” in regard to birthright citizenship, now conveniently forget about the constitution.
One person, one vote
Fuck the electoral college and anti democratic and pro racist history.
It would have been funny if this was enacted the last election only for Trump to win popular vote anyways.
It’s about fucking time. Screw that electoral college bullshit
Only 48 more electoral votes and its a wrap for this dumb fucking system
So 48 more electoral votes worth? Which would be what states?
Rank choice please
“This is unfair for unpopular ideas” – the GOP tomorrow
The problem is that the electoral college has only fucked Democrats so no Republican will support this.
Yes, you should get rid of the electoral college.
I’m so sick of this nonsense………
No president has won an election without a majority of the states. A majority of the states ensures that everyone has a voice. The EC ensures that math. Without is only 5 states would have a voice and the rest of the country would be silenced. People talking about it should be one for one don’t live in the middle of the country or they do and can’t math.
Throwing the entire game away because you lost is, frankly, dumb as fuck. And then cheating by changing it to majority rule is also foolish. Example, Texas was blue for 100 years and California was reliably red for about 40…..you can’t control societal shifts and assuming that it will always favor you is foolish.
Unfortunately we still would’ve been stuck with Trump. The American electorate is stupid.
Finally, a way to tell repubs to take their gerrymandering and shove it up their collective asses.
There was a ton more that could have been done and the states just sit there and do nothing.
1. Require 10 years of medical and tax return history to be listed on your state’s ballot. You want privacy – go do something else.
2. Actually enforce the emoluments clause. But since the Constitution is just toilet paper at this point the entire thing is illegitimate anyway.
3. And so on…
You would have to change the Constitution.
It happens but not very often and the southern red low population states would oppose vigorously.
I would love to see a vote every two years assessing Congress’s performance. If the population hates them, the have two more years to go positive in public opinion or they are all ineligible for reelection.
Blue no matter who.
Leftists hate this fact: the NPVIC would never happen if Republicans were in charge.
Both sides are not the same, no matter how frequently leftists lie about it.