2016 Postmortem

Joe941

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4. We really don't know how things would have played out...

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:22 AM

Jan 2017

if both candidates campaigned to win the popular vote instead of the electoral vote (most likely Clinton would have won). Campaigning only happens in a small number of states and the rest of the country is neglected. Now if the EC were done away with small states and smaller cities would be neglected. I live in a smaller area of the US and my area would get almost no attention without the EC. Places of high importance in the EC are not going to vote to get rid of it.

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It still requires an amendment to the Constitution... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #1

Right. Congress can only change the number of EVs by changing the number of House seats FBaggins Jan 2017 #6

I haven't checked but wouldn't that require a constitutional ammendment? TexasProgresive Jan 2017 #2

You would need 3/4 th's of the state legislatures to agree to make that change Yupster Jan 2017 #3

We really don't know how things would have played out... Joe941 Jan 2017 #4

I understand this question everything Jan 2017 #5

Either way you are asking small states to cede more power to the large states Lurks Often Jan 2017 #8

true, but in general the reds have more "small" states, so they definitely will not let the EC go, o TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #10

They already do. Because they are more populous question everything Jan 2017 #11

The EC isn't going anywhere anytime soon Lurks Often Jan 2017 #13

If I had my way Exilednight Jan 2017 #7

I like this idea (nt) question everything Jan 2017 #12

eliminate the EC, or blue states should just secede. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #9