NEW: 65% of Americans, including nearly half of Republicans, favor doing away with the current Electoral College system so the candidate who wins the popular vote wins the presidency. pewrsr.ch/3PQrtnT
Trump won the presidency in 2016 despite losing the popular vote. After that election, only 27% of Republicans favored doing away with the Electoral College system. Today, however, 47% of Republicans say they support eliminating the Electoral College. pewrsr.ch/3PQrtnT
@johngramlich @AWeissmann_ My vote for president literally is thrown out because of the electoral college. How is that legal?
@johngramlich @AWeissmann_ The Electoral College is an insult to the public vote.
@johngramlich @ChrisCillizza Great idea. One person one vote is simple, fair, and accurately reflects who the entire country wants as their POTUS But it would require a constitutional amendment so it’ll never happen. Wyoming LIKES having voter power far exceeding their population
@johngramlich @BenBCDE In a presidential election, it's absurd that a voter in, say Wyoming, has their vote count 4 times more than a vote from a voter in, say Texas. WY, 3 EC votes 550K people => ~185K ppl per EC vote TX, 40 EC votes 30 MM people => ~750K ppl per EC vote.
@johngramlich Sure, man. Tell them to just toss their constitutional amendment in the hopper. We'll see how far it gets.
@johngramlich Breaking: 65% of Americans don't understand what a Representative Republic is.
@johngramlich The Electoral College came into being entirely by accident and should have been done away with a long time ago. One almost wonders what it's going to take for enough Americans to realize what a terrible system it is.
@johngramlich That would require a change to our Constitution. Are these “Americans”, US citizens?