R.I.P. Scout26
It’s called the Popular Vote Interstate Compact. It’s simple. A state’s electoral college votes are allocated to whoever wins the national popular vote. Period. It’s constitutional and some prominent conservatives are pushing or it.
The compact doesn't have any legal force until states making up 270 votes enact it.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
While I think we could do better than the current electoral college system, I am not a fan of this 'workaround'.If it's going to be changed it should be done properly with a Constitutional amendment.
But to do that, the locusts leftists would have to get a SUPER majority to change the rules. And that's not fair! It should only take a majority to change the rules by which we vote on rules!Because any voting that takes something other than just a majority is not fair. It should always be a majority. Unless the locusts leftists win some other way, then that is the way it has to be.
When is the national popular vote Democratic presidential primary? — Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) March 20, 2019
THIS is a great idea. One national Democratic primary. No delegates. Pure democracy. Put your money where your mouth is Dems. Do it now. Every vote counts. https://t.co/0bTz4SYjbE — Joseph Spiegel (@joedocbc) March 20, 2019
BOOM: Here’s how 2020 Dems can prove they’re SUPER SERIOUS about the ‘national popular vote’ idea https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2019/03/20/boom-heres-how-2020-dems-can-prove-theyre-super-serious-about-the-national-popular-vote-idea/
That's unfair! When the Democrats use delegates it's democratic!
I can't wait to hear the whining and crying when the Supreme Court overturns this.
Or when Trump wins the popular vote in 2020... and he wins the EC because of Colorado's votes
the two major parties will quickly become essentially irrelevant
For most of American history, ordinary citizens not only did not participate in the nomination process, they did not expect to participate. Of course, the machinations of the various political parties in choosing their nominees was the stuff of great drama. Ordinary citizens read the newspaper accounts from the convention cities with great interest. Later on, they huddled around the radio to hear live speeches coming from the convention. And still later, they watched the conventions unfold on television. But the only way ordinary citizens could have a say in who they nominated was to participate in party politics at the precinct, county, or state level and hope to eventually get to vote for the convention delegates. For almost two centuries, from 1796 to 1968, the candidates who ran for president were chosen in a process that was almost entirely closed to the public. Most Americans today would consider these processes unfair and undemocratic.