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How would you change the college?
Posted by: Ombligo
Date: November 04, 2020 10:08AM
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Re: How would you change the college?
Posted by: Sam3
Date: November 04, 2020 10:31AM
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Letters from an American - Heather Cox Richardson
The problem of voter suppression is compounded by the misuse of the Electoral College. The Framers originally designed delegates to the Electoral College to vote according to districts within states, so that states would split their electoral votes, making them roughly proportional to a candidate’s support. That system changed in 1800, after Thomas Jefferson recognized that he would have a better chance of winning the presidency if the delegates of his own home state, Virginia, voted as a bloc rather than by district. He convinced them to do it. Quickly, other state officials recognized that the “winner-take-all” system meant they must do the same or their own preferred candidate would never win. Thus, our non-proportional system was born, and it so horrified James Madison and Alexander Hamilton that both wanted constitutional amendments to switch the system back.
Re: How would you change the college?
Posted by: rgG
Date: November 04, 2020 10:32AM
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Re: How would you change the college?
Posted by: rjmacs
Date: November 04, 2020 10:32AM
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Ombligo
This change could be done on the state level as the constitution dictates that states can decide how electors are awarded.
Re: How would you change the college?
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: November 04, 2020 10:46AM
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Re: How would you change the college?
Posted by: Rolando
Date: November 04, 2020 04:30PM
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Re: How would you change the college?
Posted by: Ted King
Date: November 04, 2020 05:48PM
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Rolando
I do not like the electoral college, and I'd say it needs to be multiplied by 10 or so, so California would have an accurate proportion 390 votes to Montana' 10 vs the current 55 to 3
Re: How would you change the college?
Posted by: Rolando
Date: November 04, 2020 11:30PM
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Ted King
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Rolando
I do not like the electoral college, and I'd say it needs to be multiplied by 10 or so, so California would have an accurate proportion 390 votes to Montana' 10 vs the current 55 to 3
I think that would take a Constitutional amendment to accomplish that and my guess is that if you could muster three fourths of the states to agree to change Electoral College apportionment in the Constitution, you could probably also get three fourths to agree to ditch the Electoral College altogether.
Re: How would you change the college?
Posted by: Ted King
Date: November 05, 2020 07:13AM
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Rolando
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Ted King
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Rolando
I do not like the electoral college, and I'd say it needs to be multiplied by 10 or so, so California would have an accurate proportion 390 votes to Montana' 10 vs the current 55 to 3
I think that would take a Constitutional amendment to accomplish that and my guess is that if you could muster three fourths of the states to agree to change Electoral College apportionment in the Constitution, you could probably also get three fourths to agree to ditch the Electoral College altogether.
Actually, its a simple change of an act of Congress, signed by the president to expand the number of Representatives!
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Fix that and you go a LONG way to fixing the EC!
Re: How would you change the college?
Posted by: Acer
Date: November 05, 2020 08:44AM
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