End the Electoral College

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  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    seriously the butthurt since Trump won is astounding...grow up and accept the loss...now you want to change the whole process, a process that has worked since the beginning because your person didnt win???
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    not sure how anyone can think the electoral college is a good thing ... regardless of where you sit in the political spectrum ... it's about as undemocratic of an electoral system out there ... you could have 49.9% of a state's population vote for a candidate and it means absolutely nothing ...

    the rationale that certain states would dictate everything is also absurd ... any kind of proportional representation would actually allow people who live in partisan states like california and texas to actually have meaningful votes ... you vote R in California now and it means nothing ... you vote D in texas now and it means nothing ... change the electoral system and make those votes matter ...
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
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  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    polaris_x said:

    not sure how anyone can think the electoral college is a good thing ... regardless of where you sit in the political spectrum ... it's about as undemocratic of an electoral system out there ... you could have 49.9% of a state's population vote for a candidate and it means absolutely nothing ...

    the rationale that certain states would dictate everything is also absurd ... any kind of proportional representation would actually allow people who live in partisan states like california and texas to actually have meaningful votes ... you vote R in California now and it means nothing ... you vote D in texas now and it means nothing ... change the electoral system and make those votes matter ...

    This.
  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    rgambs said:

    Free said:

    End the electoral college, then end the 2-party system. Make the election process easier for voters; easier to register, open up all state primaries, later deadlines to register, pass state laws outlawing use of superdelegates!'

    Those measurea together would ensure the death of the progressive movement.
    Do you live in America at all?
    The yokels of the nation have flexed their muscles, you had better pay attention.
    Are you kidding? And you call yourself progressive?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Free said:

    rgambs said:

    Free said:

    End the electoral college, then end the 2-party system. Make the election process easier for voters; easier to register, open up all state primaries, later deadlines to register, pass state laws outlawing use of superdelegates!'

    Those measurea together would ensure the death of the progressive movement.
    Do you live in America at all?
    The yokels of the nation have flexed their muscles, you had better pay attention.
    Are you kidding? And you call yourself progressive?
    Yes, I do. I want progress on climate change, civil rights, equality, pollution, money in politics, and many other issues. Because I am not obsessed with worry about democratic corruption, I recognize that none of that is possible with the government you have been working so hard to create, Icarus.
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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,588
    Degeneratefk said:

    Go Beavers said:

    Degeneratefk said:

    I actually do not agree with ending the electoral college. If you use nothing but the popular vote, only 5 states will determine EVERY ELECTION. As much as it sucks that trump won, he clearly won most of the country. Clinton's votes clearly came from the top 10 to 15 largest cities in the country. If you're ok with your vote not counting if you live anywhere with an electoral college votes less that 10, have at it.

    Cities and states wouldn't matter if it was just the popular vote.
    In theory. But just look at the map from yesterday. You're saying that those states with the most people won't influence most of the vote?
    That doesn't make sense. A state can't influence the vote. If a state goes 60/40, those 40% still have their input.
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    edited November 2016
    Don't look now but trump is now projected to win the popular vote


    http://www.cnn.com/election/results
    Post edited by JC29856 on
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    306 - 228 electoral votes with 100% reported
  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    JC29856 said:

    Don't look now but trump is now projected to win the popular vote


    http://www.cnn.com/election/results

    So there goes the electoral college argument
  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    In 2012 Donald Trump said "the electoral college is a disaster for democracy", so he even agrees. Also he received less votes than McCain and Romney, the problem Clinton didn't even come close to getting the votes Obama got...2 terrible candidates and someone was going to win...
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  • mace1229
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    pjhawks said:

    I don't think we should end the electoral college because, as mentioned above, then only a few states would matter. BUT one change that could be offered to make it more fair is to have states split their votes more by region. In PA. Hillary won in the most populous areas in the cities and surrounding suburbs but lost big in the rural (redneck) areas. Maybe large states like PA should split their electoral college votes by region. I think this would be much fairer although I'm sure the arguments about where regions start and end would be brutal.

    With the electoral college usually only a few states determine the election too. Many states are solid red or blue, whoever gets the edge on 1 or 2 swing states takes the win. I think by districts may be a better idea than a state take all. More people would turn out to vote as well.
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,588
    JC29856 said:

    Don't look now but trump is now projected to win the popular vote


    http://www.cnn.com/election/results

    Your link has Clinton up by 288,000 votes.
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    Go Beavers said:

    JC29856 said:

    Don't look now but trump is now projected to win the popular vote


    http://www.cnn.com/election/results

    Your link has Clinton up by 288,000 votes.
    Correct but my posts says "projected", they haven't counted all the votes yet, as a matter of fact it took California 5 weeks to officially tally the primary votes.
  • droptheleash9
    droptheleash9 Posts: 1,468
    I'm interested to hear if people would be saying to end the electoral college if it was the other way around and Hillary won the electoral college vote and Trump won the popular vote...
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,320
    This thread gets started no matter who won.

    I think the electoral college made sense in the beginning with a smaller population that could potentially have a group take over.
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  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    Go Beavers said:

    JC29856 said:

    Don't look now but trump is now projected to win the popular vote


    http://www.cnn.com/election/results

    Your link has Clinton up by 288,000 votes.
    on the site it has him as the projected winner of the popular vote...i don't know exactly how they know that yet
  • unsung
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    lukin2006 said:

    In 2012 Donald Trump said "the electoral college is a disaster for democracy", so he even agrees. Also he received less votes than McCain and Romney, the problem Clinton didn't even come close to getting the votes Obama got...2 terrible candidates and someone was going to win...

    The US isn't a democracy.
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    I find it hilarious that Trumphadist scum who were against it have no problem with Hillary losing because of it when she got more votes. White republican male privilege double standard hypocorisy #4748484.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,596
    I've never understood why it wouldn't just be a simple count of the popular vote for president.
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