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2016 Postmortem

treestar

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4. We should not let it be reduced to formality

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 09:26 AM

Dec 2016

this election should teach us that. If it's going to determine the winner, then we should vote for the electors and not the candidates as it provides for. If it is intended to prevent a demagogue from getting the presidency, then they should do it, not be bound by the popular vote.

What a lazy country this is. We should have gotten rid of it long ago.

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Electoral College belongs in 1787: John Conyers Jr. [View all] progressoid Dec 2016 OP

If the EC is going to rubberstamp the votes of states, then it must exist no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #1

All it takes is a constitutional amendment yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #2

"All it takes..." TDale313 Dec 2016 #3

We should not let it be reduced to formality treestar Dec 2016 #4