Has The Time Come To Amend The Constitution And Abolish The Electorial College?

[searcher]

The best safeguard against another Trump victory is one we aren't talking about​

Opinion by Hayes Brown • 48m ago

The final report of the House Jan. 6 committee included 11 recommendations to prevent a repeat of former President Donald Trump’s challenge to the peaceful transfer of power. Missing, though, is a potential 12th recommendation, one that would be a major lift even in a less partisan climate: abolishing the Electoral College.

That was the idea committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., brought to the table. The decision of the committee to make only unanimous recommendations led Raskin to drop the suggestion, according to a behind-the-scenes look at the panel’s work from The New York Times Magazine. But he’s right. The Electoral College isn’t just a vestige of the past; it is a ticking time bomb for exploitation in our democratic system.

Raskin laid out his argument in an interview Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “I think that the Electoral College now, which has given us five popular vote losers as president in our history, twice in this century alone, has become a danger not just to democracy, but to the American people,” Raskin told host Margaret Brennan. “It was a danger on January 6th. There are so many curving byways and nooks and crannies in the Electoral College that there are opportunities for a lot of strategic mischief.”

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The best safeguard against another Trump victory is one we aren't talking about

 

[foolsgold]

Has The Time Come To Amend The Constitution And Abolish The Electorial College?​

Yes if you're an idiot East or West coast Liberal.

 

[Voodoo]

Let's just abolish the Communists and problem solved.

 

[nickndfl]

The EC was designed so that the majority would not dominate into perpituity.

 

[Joe King]

The only people wanting to end the EC are those with TDS. They would eliminate the Constitution itself, if they thought that doing so would make him go away.

In short, they have no principles.

I love the fact that he gets under the skin of the woketards. He lives rent free in their heads for at least seven years now. Lol They're absolutely obsessed with him!

 

[pmbug]

The "abolish the EC" arguments have been raised every election cycle for all of my adult life (since I've been paying attention to politics). It's not a new or Trump specific phenomenon. It's like term limits - an idea that percolates in perpetuity.

 

[Goldhedge]

The "abolish the EC" arguments have been raised every election cycle for all of my adult life (since I've been paying attention to politics). It's not a new or Trump specific phenomenon. It's like term limits - an idea that percolates in perpetuity.

and the R's are going to take your Medicare/retirement away...

 

[Voodoo]

The "abolish the EC" arguments have been raised every election cycle for all of my adult life (since I've been paying attention to politics). It's not a new or Trump specific phenomenon. It's like term limits - an idea that percolates in perpetuity.

Of course, it's been the commies wet dreams for decades. Voting would be completely and utterly useless / rigged if ever allowed.

 

[Joe King]

The "abolish the EC" arguments have been raised every election cycle for all of my adult life (since I've been paying attention to politics)

But it's gotten especially loud over the past 7 years.

 

[jrog100]

Maybe we should just abolish democrats.