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Gotta give credit where credit's due. (Original Post)
mobeau69
Mar 2019
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Pukes are gonna fight EC reform but one man one vote is had to argue against IMO.
mobeau69
Mar 2019
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Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)1. the WSJ opinion pieces are epically stupid
mobeau69
(11,079 posts)2. Pukes are gonna fight EC reform but one man one vote is had to argue against IMO.
It may not be democratic but we've always done it that way. LOL
alwaysinasnit
(5,038 posts)4. Well, considering who owns it...
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)5. ... and Frum's response was epically schooling. nt
keithbvadu2
(36,371 posts)3. Attitudes change on voting methods - for/against
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.
Would New York or California ratify a proposal in the opposite direction, to give every state the same # of House reps? Of course not.
mobeau69
(11,079 posts)7. Some ideas may not require any amendment.