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2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

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9. All you need to do is get 2/3 of the House and Senate and 3/4 of the States to agree with you.

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Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:57 PM

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I'm so done with being fucked by the Electoral College. [View all] Barack_America Nov 2016 OP

It's a way to ensure that the little regressive states that contribute little to the GDP... CincyDem Nov 2016 #1

I have been saying for quit a few election cycles PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2016 #2

Time to drop out of Electoral College!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2016 #3

Well cry as you might the Electoral College is here to stay..forever.. pipoman Nov 2016 #4

Yeah, I'm a Midwestern populist so...thanks? Barack_America Nov 2016 #5

Yes they are....37 states will need to be on board with the elimination pipoman Nov 2016 #6

Well, then, it seems to me that you achieve one to get to the other. Barack_America Nov 2016 #7

If you are really interested in considering the needs of rural democrats pipoman Nov 2016 #8

All you need to do is get 2/3 of the House and Senate and 3/4 of the States to agree with you. brooklynite Nov 2016 #9

I like big goals. Barack_America Nov 2016 #10

National popular vote interstate compact pat_k Nov 2016 #11

Except....We have a better chance of being hit by lightning than that happening. Nancyswidower Nov 2016 #12

This, the second the compact goes live it will be fast tracked to a SCOTUS decision Amishman Nov 2016 #13

That assumes the "compact" would go live...it won't. It wouldn't survive the court challanges. Nancyswidower Nov 2016 #14

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