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61. Best bet would be state legislatures voting to commit EC votes to popular vote winner

Sat Apr 28, 2018, 07:46 AM

Apr 2018

"The National Popular Vote interstate compact would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The National Popular Vote bill has been enacted by 11 jurisdictions possessing 165 electoral votes—61% of the 270 electoral votes necessary to activate it, including four small jurisdictions (RI, VT, HI, DC), three medium- size states (MD, MA, WA), and four big states (NJ, IL, NY, CA). The bill has passed a total of 35 legislative chambers in 23 states—most recently by a 40–16 vote in the Arizona House, a 28–18 vote in the Oklahoma Senate, a 57–4 vote in New York Senate, a 37–21 vote in Oregon House, and a 26-16 vote in the New Mexico Senate. A total of 3,055 state legislators have either sponsored or cast a recorded vote for the bill."

https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation

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Trump pushes to swap Electoral College for popular vote [View all] DonViejo Apr 2018 OP

There's an app for that. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #1

Yeah, right... TranssexualKaren Apr 2018 #2

Surely this is an Onion piece, right? nt Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #3

I thought it was a joke, too. Dave Starsky Apr 2018 #8

trump is so fucking dumb.. he thinks Cha Apr 2018 #47

If I recall Liberalagogo Apr 2018 #4

His argument is that he concentrated on the electoral vote not the popular vote. former9thward Apr 2018 #30

Oh please Liberalagogo Apr 2018 #34

So when he was funding Democratic candidates and causes in NY former9thward Apr 2018 #35

Yes, he was a shithole back then too. padfun Apr 2018 #55

Trump "concentrated"......... SergeStorms Apr 2018 #37

Unfortunately many Democrats did what you just did. former9thward Apr 2018 #40

From Wikipedia- SergeStorms Apr 2018 #44

How come Clinton never showed up in Wisconsin? former9thward Apr 2018 #46

Lazy, much? SergeStorms Apr 2018 #49

OK. Can we make that retroactive? Then, deal! ollie10 Apr 2018 #5

Its like a Monty Python sketch but the BootinUp Apr 2018 #6

"I would rather have the popular vote because it's, to me, it's much easier to win the popular vote" RockRaven Apr 2018 #7

Trade wars are easy to win. Arms races are easy to win. lagomorph777 Apr 2018 #15

To give the devil his due, there's a grain of truth there: The Mouth Apr 2018 #9

Didn't Trump lose the popular vote? left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 #10

Yup, and not only that, there's this tidbit from the article that's quite interesting progree Apr 2018 #17

After he led the country into an illegal war based on provable lies. robbob Apr 2018 #45

Ehhhh...... what's a meager 3 million votes??? groundloop Apr 2018 #20

There really is no bottom to how stupid he is, is there? Spider Jerusalem Apr 2018 #11

NO--don't forget --ALL those votes were from illegals. he actually won by 5 mil without niyad Apr 2018 #18

He said he would have run a completely different campaign. former9thward Apr 2018 #31

You Seem Convinced ProfessorGAC Apr 2018 #54

I've noticed that the same three or four posters always take a contrary position. tavernier Apr 2018 #57

Does this moron know how to count?? C_U_L8R Apr 2018 #12

Does he have a single clue about what it takes to pass an Amendment to the Constitution? Stonepounder Apr 2018 #13

If he could do it with an executive order, and DID... maddiemom Apr 2018 #22

Except it doesn't need a constitutional amendment. Massacure Apr 2018 #29

National Popular Vote interstate compact djg21 Apr 2018 #38

unconstitutional Cold War Spook Apr 2018 #41

Fair enough. But still, states do not need to collude to make it happen. Massacure Apr 2018 #43

Not necessarily. djg21 Apr 2018 #52

Two thoughts on this. Cold War Spook Apr 2018 #58

Courts don't give advisory opinions. djg21 Apr 2018 #60

Doesn't Trump know that would take adding a new Amendment to the Constitution? Cold War Spook Apr 2018 #14

This isnt entirely correct. djg21 Apr 2018 #39

unconstitutional Cold War Spook Apr 2018 #42

Hmmm. I wonder if ... Whiskeytide Apr 2018 #16

something like that was my first thought as well--they figured out how to rig the whole thing. niyad Apr 2018 #19

This is correct. While I support a popular vote, NYC Liberal Apr 2018 #21

And let's make it retroactive. MrsCoffee Apr 2018 #23

That was exactly my reaction DFW Apr 2018 #24

Same here dameatball Apr 2018 #27

trump thinks he won the popular vote.. Cha Apr 2018 #48

Well, if it makes it easier to win... ThoughtCriminal Apr 2018 #25

Don't tease . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Apr 2018 #26

I cannot STAND this man SylviaD Apr 2018 #28

Which is ironic because Clinton is a supporter of the electoral college gyroscope Apr 2018 #32

This is not a democracy. Cold War Spook Apr 2018 #59

This is just his ego speaking..... Red Mountain Apr 2018 #33

I think BigOleDummy Apr 2018 #53

Theres no limit to his delusions. So much winning. truthisfreedom Apr 2018 #36

Great idea - retroactively! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #50

What an idiot. That is the problem with the electoral college, it gives the red states an unfair still_one Apr 2018 #51

Best bet would be state legislatures voting to commit EC votes to popular vote winner Va Lefty Apr 2018 #61

All he has to do is sign an executive order to abolish the Electoral College, JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2018 #56

The puppet honestly believes that millions of illegal votes were cast CrispyQ Apr 2018 #62