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TIL that the 2016 faithless electors really spread the VP nominations all over the place. Almost down to the "Bart crank-calling Moe's Bar" level of names.The link shows that Elizabeth Warren received 2 electoral votes.
Your trivia question did not specify if the electoral votes had to be for President or for Vice President.
Most of the ones I know (mostly at Luke) don't believe it and will likely vote R until the day they die.
I cannot with those people
Veterans have been moving heavily towards Biden
I agree. Would assume it would be moot thereafter (assuming there is a vote in the electoral college).
Then there is no point in having a Senate or bicameral legislature. Which might be fine for some people. So, I'm not a huge fan of this at all. There is nothing wrong with small states having political power. The problem, as always with the EC debates, is that at the moment the people that hate it aren't getting what they want. Which isn't a great way to fundamentally alter the political structure of the country.
Straight up gaslighting from the former DNIn right here.
I don't know about that. The House and Senate still fulfill different roles. No need for that to change.
Nichols was probably right when he wrote Ds and Rs will both draw the wrong lessons from this election and not learn from it.
you have a proclivity for broad statements which later become untrue
They have different roles because of the nature of the different manner they are impaneled. IF they are impaneled the same way there is no need for different roles. You actually make governing harder and less logical for no reason while at the same time exponentially increasing the power of bigger population states over the smaller ones in a manner far greater than simply getting rid of the EC and having the President elected by popular vote.
Oh, so you just want the states with huge urban populations to control the country.
People want lower taxes. Moms want kids back in school. Trump represented their best hope in both.
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Yeah! What do you think this is, MLB?Oh, so you just want the states with huge urban populations to control the country.
Good luck with all that
No, not just. But by and far the population centers are where economic activity takes place and where the government is funded from. Where the people live that are affected by the actions of the government. It just isn't logical to say, for example, that Wyoming and it's two Senators should have the same say on tax and spend issues and even Supreme Court and other Court appointments as California. I'm not saying they shouldn't have any representation, just that there is a pretty extreme imbalance of power.Oh, so you just want the states with huge urban populations to control the country.
Good luck with all that
Do people think Biden doesn't want kids to go back to school?
That was ...interesting. I couldn't figure what was going on as it first played with no sound on, especially when random man casually walks past behind her.
A key I see, near the bottom for GA, is Biden having a consistent need for 64-65%.
Constitutional amendment would never pass the states. You would be asking the majority of states to give up power to a handful, good luck talking them into it.
Of course this should happen but it won’t because small states have a lock that would prevent a constitutional amendment. Which is why we need to start our liberal relocation project. Move a few liberals from California to Wyoming and we can take those seats.
I think wall street loves a split WH/congress that doesn't involve trump. Calm waters, fewer surprises, hard to pass any changes.
I could make a pretty compelling case - to me at least - that the exact opposite is true in this day and age. At the core of the Trump brand of republican politics right now is a very real and very measurable feeling and position of those very same 378 that no one cares about them anymore, their jobs are gone, they feel like they are blamed for problems that they were most likely never a part of, and a huge part about what gave them an identity has changed or disappeared with nothing to take its place leading to a vacuum of fear that has been seized upon by Donald Trump and the people that support him.
He's showing 538k remaining ballots in PA, which seems high (I've got it at ~477k remaining).
Or just redistrict the entire country. Who wants to help create a new state map?
I think moms (and dads too, but the suburban mom seemed to be a big voting block for Trump) want their kids back in school yesterday and I think Trump represented a quicker pathway to that. Could be wrong, but I think that was a reason why they voted for him.
Would the Dems really have a shot in either? Serious question. I haven't looked at the races to see who siphoned off other votes.
