What an idiot. That is the problem with the electoral college, it gives the red states an unfair (Reply #51)

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Sat Apr 28, 2018, 04:52 AM

still_one (76,258 posts)

51. What an idiot. That is the problem with the electoral college, it gives the red states an unfair

advantage.

There is no way the republicans will go for that because they know it would be a disaster for them, and it is highly unlikely that the red states would go for it because they would lose their influence.

It would require a change to the Constitution, and it isn't going to happen

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62 replies	Author	Time	Post
Trump pushes to swap Electoral College for popular vote [View all]	DonViejo	Apr 2018	OP
There's an app for that. NT	mahatmakanejeeves	Apr 2018	#1
Yeah, right...	TranssexualKaren	Apr 2018	#2
Surely this is an Onion piece, right? nt	Ferrets are Cool	Apr 2018	#3
I thought it was a joke, too.	Dave Starsky	Apr 2018	#8
trump is so fucking dumb.. he thinks	Cha	Apr 2018	#47
If I recall	Liberalagogo	Apr 2018	#4
His argument is that he concentrated on the electoral vote not the popular vote.	former9thward	Apr 2018	#30
Oh please	Liberalagogo	Apr 2018	#34
So when he was funding Democratic candidates and causes in NY	former9thward	Apr 2018	#35
Yes, he was a shithole back then too.	padfun	Apr 2018	#55
Trump "concentrated".........	SergeStorms	Apr 2018	#37
Unfortunately many Democrats did what you just did.	former9thward	Apr 2018	#40
From Wikipedia-	SergeStorms	Apr 2018	#44
How come Clinton never showed up in Wisconsin?	former9thward	Apr 2018	#46
Lazy, much?	SergeStorms	Apr 2018	#49
OK. Can we make that retroactive? Then, deal!	ollie10	Apr 2018	#5
Its like a Monty Python sketch but the	BootinUp	Apr 2018	#6
"I would rather have the popular vote because it's, to me, it's much easier to win the popular vote"	RockRaven	Apr 2018	#7
Trade wars are easy to win. Arms races are easy to win.	lagomorph777	Apr 2018	#15
To give the devil his due, there's a grain of truth there:	The Mouth	Apr 2018	#9
Didn't Trump lose the popular vote?	left-of-center2012	Apr 2018	#10
Yup, and not only that, there's this tidbit from the article that's quite interesting	progree	Apr 2018	#17
After he led the country into an illegal war based on provable lies.	robbob	Apr 2018	#45
Ehhhh...... what's a meager 3 million votes???	groundloop	Apr 2018	#20
There really is no bottom to how stupid he is, is there?	Spider Jerusalem	Apr 2018	#11
NO--don't forget --ALL those votes were from illegals. he actually won by 5 mil without	niyad	Apr 2018	#18
He said he would have run a completely different campaign.	former9thward	Apr 2018	#31
You Seem Convinced	ProfessorGAC	Apr 2018	#54
I've noticed that the same three or four posters always take a contrary position.	tavernier	Apr 2018	#57
Does this moron know how to count??	C_U_L8R	Apr 2018	#12
Does he have a single clue about what it takes to pass an Amendment to the Constitution?	Stonepounder	Apr 2018	#13
If he could do it with an executive order, and DID...	maddiemom	Apr 2018	#22
Except it doesn't need a constitutional amendment.	Massacure	Apr 2018	#29
National Popular Vote interstate compact	djg21	Apr 2018	#38
unconstitutional	Cold War Spook	Apr 2018	#41
Fair enough. But still, states do not need to collude to make it happen.	Massacure	Apr 2018	#43
Not necessarily.	djg21	Apr 2018	#52
Two thoughts on this.	Cold War Spook	Apr 2018	#58
Courts don't give advisory opinions.	djg21	Apr 2018	#60
Doesn't Trump know that would take adding a new Amendment to the Constitution?	Cold War Spook	Apr 2018	#14
This isnt entirely correct.	djg21	Apr 2018	#39
unconstitutional	Cold War Spook	Apr 2018	#42
Hmmm. I wonder if ...	Whiskeytide	Apr 2018	#16
something like that was my first thought as well--they figured out how to rig the whole thing.	niyad	Apr 2018	#19
This is correct. While I support a popular vote,	NYC Liberal	Apr 2018	#21
And let's make it retroactive.	MrsCoffee	Apr 2018	#23
That was exactly my reaction	DFW	Apr 2018	#24
Same here	dameatball	Apr 2018	#27
trump thinks he won the popular vote..	Cha	Apr 2018	#48
Well, if it makes it easier to win...	ThoughtCriminal	Apr 2018	#25
Don't tease . . . . . .	no_hypocrisy	Apr 2018	#26
I cannot STAND this man	SylviaD	Apr 2018	#28
Which is ironic because Clinton is a supporter of the electoral college	gyroscope	Apr 2018	#32
This is not a democracy.	Cold War Spook	Apr 2018	#59
This is just his ego speaking.....	Red Mountain	Apr 2018	#33
I think	BigOleDummy	Apr 2018	#53
Theres no limit to his delusions. So much winning.	truthisfreedom	Apr 2018	#36
Great idea - retroactively!	Rhiannon12866	Apr 2018	#50
What an idiot. That is the problem with the electoral college, it gives the red states an unfair	still_one	Apr 2018	#51
Best bet would be state legislatures voting to commit EC votes to popular vote winner	Va Lefty	Apr 2018	#61
All he has to do is sign an executive order to abolish the Electoral College,	JustABozoOnThisBus	Apr 2018	#56
The puppet honestly believes that millions of illegal votes were cast	CrispyQ	Apr 2018	#62

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