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Walz says Electoral College 'needs to go,' but Harris campaign says that's not its position (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why not? The Democrats would have won 5 of the 6 elections this century if it were popular vote instead of the Electoral College. (And that last one would be suspect, too, it was George W Bush’s reelection. If he wasn’t elected in 2000, who knows how the 2004 election would have played out.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Because it's not happening. Constitutional amendments are just very much off the table in the immediate future. The interstate popular vote compact is an interesting idea but it's going to stall out far short of deciding the election. And it's not a high salience issue for many voters.