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A Constitutional amendment. And good luck with that. Ocelot II Dec 7 #1
Have there been any tries? CTyankee Dec 7 #4
If we had a Constitutional Covention now, there is no telling what we would come out with. Heck, we might get Silent Type Dec 7 #12
Constitutional Covention to Pandora's Box... Hold My Beer IA8IT Dec 7 #26
That's exactly what the MAGA want. Always Blue Dec 9 #38
That would be doomed to failure as things stand today DFW Dec 7 #14
And at least one solidly blue state - Rhode Island. Nt hack89 Dec 9 #39
Without the EC soandso Dec 9 #40
To your question DeepWinter Dec 9 #32
There have been several tries. Came close to getting out of Congress in 1969-70 onenote Dec 9 #34
A Constitutional Amendment. sarisataka Dec 7 #2
A Constitutional Amendment. edhopper Dec 7 #3
Never say never. It's been done when needed in the past. And nobody said it would be easy. CTyankee Dec 7 #6
The GOP loves edhopper Dec 7 #7
Constitutional amendment, which the GOP will only support if a Demcorat wins the election but loses the popular vote. Takket Dec 7 #5
Electing people who want to end it. ColinC Dec 7 #8
How would the PVC have worked out this time ? MichMan Dec 7 #10
Not likely. We can never know for sure with speculative alternative universes, but unblock Dec 7 #16
It would have been much harder for him to win the poplular vote if that was the priority ColinC Dec 7 #23
I think we would need a huge Democratic takeover of all the branches of government kerry-is-my-prez Dec 7 #19
When Republicans lose with more votes. Emile Dec 7 #9
Here's a nice video about the EC and how to get rid of it. CTyankee Dec 7 #11
The workaround is enough states following the popular vote compact bucolic_frolic Dec 7 #13
our the Electoral College was not the real problem in the last election LymphocyteLover Dec 7 #15
"Americans dreaded democracy and contrived their constitution against it." Lord Acton Ping Tung Dec 7 #17
That's right. trapdoors and back stairways to keep a landed gentry in charge of things. The Unmitigated Gall Dec 7 #28
Challenging the EC is just tilting at windmills Mountainguy Dec 7 #18
I'm interested in how you see that happening. What steps do you recommend? CTyankee Dec 7 #20
If I had those answers I'd be making far more money Mountainguy Dec 7 #22
The number of people living in rural areas is small and declining. spooky3 Dec 7 #27
The question is why they don't vote (once you have identified who they are). Part of a successful campaign would be to CTyankee Dec 8 #30
Id rather win over people that vote Mountainguy Dec 9 #31
A Constitutional Amendment and a miracle DetroitLegalBeagle Dec 7 #21
Solid Democratic majorities in Congress, state legislatures and the White House. MineralMan Dec 7 #24
A constitutional ammendment The Revolution Dec 7 #25
It will never happen because most states would not ratify it Meowmee Dec 7 #29
Guess which Party benefits the most ... now guess how many states they control ... FakeNoose Dec 9 #33
A couple of problems with this: Polybius Dec 9 #36
OK, those are good points FakeNoose Dec 9 #37
I think we just need to deal with it Polybius Dec 9 #35
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