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BigmanPigman

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4. Robert Reich spoke at Berkeley last week
Tue May 2, 2017, 12:59 PM
May 2017

and someone asked him about the Electoral College. I thought it should be eliminated too but he disagreed. I can't say specifically what he suggested but he basically said that constitutionally it would be very difficult to do and probably not wise in the long run. However he proposed a new idea (new to me anyway). I think he said that whoever wins the majority of the votes in each particular state could give that single vote to the Electoral College to represent them and their state. He also seems to think that our republic will survive due to the "young" people. I seem to recall it was originally aired on April 24.

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