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2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Sun Dec 18, 2016, 07:44 PM Dec 2016

Virtually ALL Dems and progressives want the Electoral College abolished [View all]

Getting rid of the EC has never been a position held solely by those who supported HRC in the primaries.

Saying this because I'm getting a bit tired of people implying that the left somehow cares less about that than the "center-left".

There simply isn't a disagreement on this point within our side of the spectrum.

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Virtually ALL Dems and progressives want the Electoral College abolished [View all] Ken Burch Dec 2016 OP

Well that means it will never happen dhol82 Dec 2016 #1

I don't disagree with you. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #2

The math just doesn't work, at least not now... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #4

The electoral college will be abolished, sooner or later. The majority simply won't stand for WestSeattle2 Dec 2016 #3

Unfortunately, probably way too difficult to change in short-term. Hoyt Dec 2016 #5

Why didn't we try between 2004 & 2014? MichMan Dec 2016 #6

It only takes 17 states to stop an amendment kudzu22 Dec 2016 #7

Very few of our Congress critters are in favor of doing away with it? nt doc03 Dec 2016 #8