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mobeau69

(11,079 posts)
2. Pukes are gonna fight EC reform but one man one vote is had to argue against IMO.
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 09:46 PM
Mar 2019

It may not be democratic but we've always done it that way. LOL

keithbvadu2

(36,371 posts)
3. Attitudes change on voting methods - for/against
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 11:51 PM
Mar 2019

In 2012, Donald Trump tweeted that the electoral college system was a 'disaster for a democracy.'

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-described-the-electoral-college-as-a-disaster/

After losing the popular vote, President-elect Donald Trump has decided that the Electoral College is a pretty smart way to elect a president after all.

http://fortune.com/2016/11/17/donald-trump-electoral-college-hillary-clinton-popular-vote/

 

MadDAsHell

(2,067 posts)
6. I'm not sure history matters when there's no way 3/4 of today's states would ratify. Not a chance.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 01:33 PM
Mar 2019

Would New York or California ratify a proposal in the opposite direction, to give every state the same # of House reps? Of course not.

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