2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What if both Sanders & Trump went 3rd party, creating a FOUR WAY race? [View all]MineralMan
(146,351 posts)on Constitutional Amendments. You're talking about something even further removed from the process. They'd have to elect legislators who would vote for it. That's an even higher bar, really. People wouldn't make that a high priority in legislative elections, really.
Traditionally, it has been very conservative people who have pushed for dumping the Electoral College. Ask yourself why that is.
It is deliberately very difficult to amend our Constitution. That was intentional on the part of the founders. It has been done 27 times, so far. Two of those amendments had to do with the stupidity that was Prohibition. People learned from that.
If you haven't read all of the amendments lately, it's something worth doing again. First, though, read the Constitution as it was originally written and pay attention to what was changed by the amendments.
It's a real pity this is no longer taught in our schools to any depth. I'm an old fart, so I remember a time when it was. Most kids yawned and rolled their eyes, but not me. I worked hard to try to understand it and why it was written as it was. I read background documents and much more. I'm funny that way.
It is very difficult to amend the Constitution, particularly when you're trying to change a major Article. That's deliberate. Right now, you don't like some aspect of it. Another time, it might save your butt. That's why it isn't easily changed. Temporary whims are not a good reason to change it.