And in the words of one right-wing commentator, “effectively [rig] the system so Democrats could never lose again.”
How would a majority popular vote "rig the system"? By voter registration, isn't the US about split in thirds (independent being the other third)? Even in sapphire Blue Colorado, that's about what the voter registration says. This is scare mongering. The Electoral College is by design un-democratic. No other office has such a weird system.
The NPVC sounds like an end run around the Constitution - it's fine to want to eliminate a stupid Constitutional provision, but you're supposed to use the amendment process for that. One might also say that a majority popular vote isn't a great system for as big and disparate a country as the US, but in that case it might be preferable to split into smaller countries with their own popular votes. Sort of like how giant corporations sometimes choose to subdivide.
You know, I'll grant you that. Unfortunately, the process for amending the constitution is sclerotic. There is simply no way to pass an amendment ridding us of the ridiculous un-democratic Electoral College. Something as simple and obvious as the ERA couldn't get done.
And in the words of one right-wing commentator, “effectively [rig] the system so Democrats could never lose again.”
How would a majority popular vote "rig the system"? By voter registration, isn't the US about split in thirds (independent being the other third)? Even in sapphire Blue Colorado, that's about what the voter registration says. This is scare mongering. The Electoral College is by design un-democratic. No other office has such a weird system.
The NPVC sounds like an end run around the Constitution - it's fine to want to eliminate a stupid Constitutional provision, but you're supposed to use the amendment process for that. One might also say that a majority popular vote isn't a great system for as big and disparate a country as the US, but in that case it might be preferable to split into smaller countries with their own popular votes. Sort of like how giant corporations sometimes choose to subdivide.
You know, I'll grant you that. Unfortunately, the process for amending the constitution is sclerotic. There is simply no way to pass an amendment ridding us of the ridiculous un-democratic Electoral College. Something as simple and obvious as the ERA couldn't get done.