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brooklynite

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45. More importantly, the Constitution doesn't require that anybody vote...
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 12:32 AM
Jul 2017

...all it says is that States select their Electors. They could just as easily have the State legislature or the Governor pick them.

With help from Russia and the continuing of gerrymandering it could be possible. onecaliberal Jul 2017 #1
this has nothing to do with Russia... eniwetok Jul 2017 #2
Gerrymandering and vote suppression YES. And yes it does have to do with Russia onecaliberal Jul 2017 #3
"election integrity" sounds like a right wing meme eniwetok Jul 2017 #10
If you think election integrity is a right wing meme then you're speeding trumps story. onecaliberal Jul 2017 #13
you didn't explain yourself. eniwetok Jul 2017 #39
Im Talking about all the machines the suppression the cross check. The INTEGRITY onecaliberal Jul 2017 #40
Sure... but remember this... eniwetok Jul 2017 #41
If there were NO voter suppression that would never happen. It's only happened 3 times onecaliberal Jul 2017 #42
it doesn't matter... eniwetok Jul 2017 #57
Not saying there is no bias. And the EC should absolutely vote with the winner of popular vote. onecaliberal Jul 2017 #58
especially since we know it's origin eniwetok Jul 2017 #60
They wrote all men are created equal but what they really meant are only white men onecaliberal Jul 2017 #61
Just curious -- how many millions of votes would this amount to? In other words, pnwmom Jul 2017 #4
here are the numbers... assuming I didn't screw up... eniwetok Jul 2017 #5
Wow! I knew it was bad but I didn't know it was this bad. pnwmom Jul 2017 #6
Only the popular vote eliminates these absurdities... eniwetok Jul 2017 #8
yes. Chipper Chat Jul 2017 #7
Trump job rating in Michigan as of May was 61% unfavorable only 12% positive stevenleser Jul 2017 #15
Back in March Trump approval level in Wisconsin was 41% and disapproval was 47% stevenleser Jul 2017 #16
Rick Scott will be out of office in 2020 csziggy Jul 2017 #28
In my opinion the defect comes from Egnever Jul 2017 #9
who cares what was "intended"??? eniwetok Jul 2017 #11
as for a check on the masses... eniwetok Jul 2017 #12
There are ways both issues can be resolved. stevenleser Jul 2017 #17
Sure, I support IRV... but not WITH the EC eniwetok Jul 2017 #31
That is what I meant. stevenleser Jul 2017 #34
They could win with less than that ... surrealAmerican Jul 2017 #14
That is not correct. You need one more than half the electoral votes to win. Otherwise... stevenleser Jul 2017 #18
Wouldn't the House choosing in that event ... surrealAmerican Jul 2017 #19
Correct, but that is not what your original post stated. stevenleser Jul 2017 #21
Nope... less than 270 goes to House eniwetok Jul 2017 #23
Thanks for that. surrealAmerican Jul 2017 #24
you may still be correct.. eniwetok Jul 2017 #27
Unfortunately The EC fallout87 Jul 2017 #20
Not in the lifetimes of anyone alive today I dont think. stevenleser Jul 2017 #22
GOPers aren't the problem... eniwetok Jul 2017 #30
I don't think your forums are representative stevenleser Jul 2017 #33
look up my old threads here... eniwetok Jul 2017 #37
That's Quite An Exaggeration ProfessorGAC Jul 2017 #50
The EC is just a small part of the problem eniwetok Jul 2017 #54
I did understand what you were saying and my response remains: it's unsupported. stevenleser Jul 2017 #53
Our system is virtually reformproof... which is why... eniwetok Jul 2017 #25
It'll happen only after a Republican candidate wins the popular vote but loses the EC vote. NYC Liberal Jul 2017 #46
It is actually fairly close to be effectively abolished. Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #47
Wishful thinking fallout87 Jul 2017 #48
Actually it makes it irrelevant. Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #49
An attempt to reform the winner-take-all treestar Jul 2017 #62
intended? eniwetok Jul 2017 #66
A possible outcome given the rules of the game aikoaiko Jul 2017 #26
easy to say... impossibe to achieve eniwetok Jul 2017 #29
I misread you post... eniwetok Jul 2017 #38
If you let enough third parties in this could happen Gothmog Jul 2017 #32
In theory it could go down to 9% eniwetok Jul 2017 #36
it's theoretically possible to become president with zero votes! unblock Jul 2017 #35
More importantly, the Constitution doesn't require that anybody vote... brooklynite Jul 2017 #45
many states did just that. eniwetok Jul 2017 #56
In theory somebody could win the presidency with even less mythology Jul 2017 #43
The EC is a throwback to slavery. Foamfollower Jul 2017 #44
You could probably become president with 0.01% of the popular vote Ezior Jul 2017 #51
"which also deprive the Dems control of the Senate." - are you proposing eliminating states? n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2017 #52
really... that's your response? eniwetok Jul 2017 #55
This message was self-deleted by its author spanone Jul 2017 #59
Isn't it absurd enough that the losing candidate got 3 million more votes than the winner? Tiggeroshii Jul 2017 #63
we have a Civic Religion in the US eniwetok Jul 2017 #64
And for some reason, despite all that... Tiggeroshii Jul 2017 #65
where are the Dems? eniwetok Jul 2017 #68
Actually, in theory, one could win with way less than that dsc Jul 2017 #67
I know turnout is irrelevant... eniwetok Jul 2017 #69
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