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Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College (www.pewresearch.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/488620

65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why change something when it works as designed ?

This argument could unironically have been used to support the continued use of gas chambers in Nazi Germany.

Just because something is "working" as designed doesn't mean we should keep using it. If the design is terrible then it needs replaced.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

Godwins law.

The design is fine. It keeps us stable as a nation.

Also it’ll never pass. 3/4 of the states will never approve it. It’s a non-starter