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2016 Postmortem

NRQ891

(217 posts)

3. there is an issue with the timing

Reply to musicblind (Original post)

Sat Dec 3, 2016, 01:27 PM

Dec 2016

throughout much of my life, you could have easily sold the average American on the idea that their vote does not translate into exactly one vote in the result, and that it is an obscure relic

but if you come across as 'we just lost an election, we're on the curb and we want our power BACK', that's a lot harder sell

there's just a natural reluctance to withhold power from those who seem to badly want it

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Abolishing The Electoral College Is Best For America [View all] musicblind Dec 2016 OP

Increase the size of the House of Representatives, and thus the EC, no Amendment needed Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #1

Increasing the size of the House of Representatives would be a band-aid, but it would not be a fix. musicblind Dec 2016 #2

there is an issue with the timing NRQ891 Dec 2016 #3

See, I really appreciate your response, because musicblind Dec 2016 #4

Well, if you say so... MineralMan Dec 2016 #5

I thought I made a pretty good case. musicblind Dec 2016 #6

The issue has been argued for years. MineralMan Dec 2016 #7

I don't have any special qualifications. musicblind Dec 2016 #8