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2016 Postmortem

el_bryanto

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3. I agree that would be a great thing; but some states aren't likely to sign it ever

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Thu Nov 24, 2016, 09:21 PM

Nov 2016

Particularly Southern States - where they worry about federal encroachment on their rights. Someone from Mississippi or Alabama can just kind of argue, convincingly, that their vote no longer matters because they would be overridden by people from New York and California.

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There is a way to bypass the Electoral College without a constitutional ammendment. [View all] Statistical Nov 2016 OP

K&R nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2016 #1

That's right. This information needs to be repeated everywhere until it becomes lunamagica Nov 2016 #2

I agree that would be a great thing; but some states aren't likely to sign it ever el_bryanto Nov 2016 #3

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #4

In VA vs TN the Supreme Court rules that only compacts which ... Statistical Nov 2016 #8

True some states won't sign however it only requires states totalling 270 votes. Statistical Nov 2016 #5

The irony is that the country would be much better off were stopbush Nov 2016 #6

I totally agree; but you can't expect people int those states to agree with that unfortunately. nt el_bryanto Nov 2016 #7

Really? So CA and NY should choose the president? With no input from small states? Sorry jack_krass Nov 2016 #9

He didn't say they should just that the voters would probably be better off. Statistical Nov 2016 #10

I prefer that to the South getting to pick our presidents. stopbush Nov 2016 #11

I currently live in a rural state and the people consistnely vote against their own self-interests. white_wolf Nov 2016 #12