2016 Postmortem

napi21

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1. Be honest now! If we Dems hadn't lost 2 Presidential Elections, getting the most votes,

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 12:29 PM

Dec 2016

but the Pubs won the Electoral College votes, would you STILL want to get rid of it? I've asked myself that question, and I'm not so sure.

That change would completely change how campaigns are run. You wouldn't cater to the "Tossup States". Since no one can possibly campaign in all 50 states, all candidates would resort to only campaigning in the big cities, and most populace states.

It's certainly something we all need to think about before automatically saying YES!

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There should be major changes made to the Electoral College. [View all] kentuck Dec 2016 OP

Be honest now! If we Dems hadn't lost 2 Presidential Elections, getting the most votes, napi21 Dec 2016 #1

So what is the job of the electors? kentuck Dec 2016 #2

In theory, they are NOT supposed to be there to rubber stamp anyone who is unqualified mtnsnake Dec 2016 #3

What type of person would be "unqualified"? kentuck Dec 2016 #4

Trump is the poster boy for "unqualified," and no, I cannot imagine anyone mtnsnake Dec 2016 #5

So, if they do not do their job. kentuck Dec 2016 #6

For sure mtnsnake Dec 2016 #7

It was set up to favor the property class. kentuck Dec 2016 #8

Legally he's qualified crazycatlady Dec 2016 #9