Needs enough joining States to equal at least 270 electoral votes and Constitutionally required Congressional consent (see Article I, Section 10, Clause 3). Not going to happen. The Electoral College is here to stay, especially in 2020.
They'll cool down and realize the popular vote is very misleading. Conservative principles and voter laws, and self deportations will reduce the ridiculous vote total in California and elsewhere. the RNC will then attempt to reestablish the party in California where there were VIRTUALLY NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT !
That doesn't generate much Republican voter turnout. /s
Is Connecticut state Sen. Mae Flexer an idiot, or is Connecticut state Sen. Mae Flexer just an idiot?
What a frickin’ SCREAM it would be, to see Trump win the popular vote in ‘20, and have CA and NY and the other liberal enclave states have to cast their EC votes for him! THAT’S EnterTAINment!!!
Unless the Constitution is amended, they can’t work around the Electoral College. The only time the Democrats cry and bitch is when they can’t steal an election.
“In states including Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Mexico...”
New Mexico? NM will become totally irrelevant if it does this. Those folks been chewing on those peyote buds way too much....
Give the reigns to The islamicrat Party; keith ellison, Enemy islamist in Chief.
It’s time for a national voter ID card - fingerprint, iris scan and DNA record, with a tie to a SS number. The database should be updated with USPS records and national death records. When some New Yorker winters in FL, they can’t vote absentee in NY and by ballot in FL. The same with out of state college students voting absentee back home and by ballot at school. No more illegals in NY, CA and every other democrat state that issues drivers licenses to illegals, voting in any election. Once voters are Americans only voting once, can we begin to think about demolishing the last protection from democrat control.
Is Connecticut trying to say that they are not adequately represented in Congress?
Because the Electoral College is based on the same system. One Elector per House of Representatives for the population of the state, plus 2, one for Each Senator in the Senate. Each is assigned based on population which is determined every 10 years. This is the Constitution of the United States, and without a Constitutional change, the state can’t change the Electoral College.
The changes that they can make are limited.
If the states wish to change things, then they must do away with major political parties so that each presidential contender has as much chance to win in that state as any other.
The People have decided that if a contestant isn’t a Republican or Democrat, then there is no chance of anybody else winning anything.
I think this year however, was a turning point in that philosophy so future elections just might see some changes as people look at other contestants
The true problem however, is that people are not taught in school how our government works, and they depend on the MSM tell them how to react to circumstances.
People aren’t taught that the purpose of the Electoral college is to PREVENT democracy....ie “Mob Rule’’. That’s why it’s modeled on the same course as our Representatives and in accordance with population.
The idea is that the People have say in government as opposed to being ruled by a democrat ruling class.. Such a ruling class has been the foundation of despotism and oppression.
No wonder the democrats have worked so hard to eliminate History and replace it with ‘’social studies”.
They depend on ignorance in order to oppress, and their philosophies most likely are the foundation of illiteracy...Why Jonny can’t read.
If the people of Connecticut want illiteracy for themselves and their children, then fine. Let them have it. Some folks need to learn the hard way..
If those states wish to give their electoral “right” to California, have at it.
Why not go the other way and have their legislatures allot the Electoral Votes based on Congressional district like Maine and Nebraska do ?
Oh, that’s right. That type of rule would benefit Republicans, so of course they don’t want to do that. 15 million conservatives in California, NY, and IL would have are votes actually count every 4 years. Can’t have that.
Why even have states then?
The People of those States need to be livid - a State could potentially go 90+% for a candidate and have its Electors vote for the other guy...
The Left loves to “work around” the Constitution.
Enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC.
Actively working against our republic to undo this vital protection from democratic rule constitutes being a domestic enemy.
James Madison:
“Such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and ... and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.”
Those of us who don’t live in the big cities, don’t want the big cities to make the call for our president.
Every voter has a voice......not just the ones in the big cities.