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1/ Remember when you first heard about the concept of the Electoral College? (Me at 10 years old: "What? Wait? You mean the person with the most votes *doesn't* win?!")
We must abolish the Electoral College & ...
#ElectoralCollege #NationalPopularVote #AbolishElectoralCollege
We must abolish the Electoral College & ...
#ElectoralCollege #NationalPopularVote #AbolishElectoralCollege
2/ ... in the interim pass State Laws, such that whichever candidate receives a majority of the popular vote, or a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate), takes all of the state's Electoral votes.
#NationalPopularVote
#NationalPopularVote
3/ Not that the US is a Democracy, we're not (interrupt any politician who says so), we're a Constitutional Republic. But the Electoral College pushes us even further away from a Democracy. This is the wrong direction. We need to move *closer* to a true Democracy.
