Posted on 12/12/2017 6:32:39 PM PST by Mafe
Republicans are hesitant to switch from our winner-take-all state laws allocating electors to the electoral college to using the National Popular Vote. The National Popular Vote Plan would award all of a state’s electors to the candidate who wins the most popular votes in all fifty states. There is a fear that such a move will benefit Democrats, since Democrats won the popular vote even though they lost the elections in 2000 and 2016. But the truth is, Republicans are likely going to lose their ability to win the necessary swing state of Florida in the future, and they can win the popular vote by campaigning differently.
The demographics of Florida are changing. More and more illegal immigrants are entering the country. Additionally, Puerto Ricans are flooding the country due to economic chaos and humanitarian crisis following Hurricane Maria at home. When they enter the U.S., because they are American citizens they can vote, and they vote overwhelmingly Democrat. Hillary Clinton had an almost three-to-one edge among Puerto Ricans in Florida last year. Both illegal immigrants and legal Puerto Ricans are counted in the census which is used for determining how many congressional seats and electoral votes Florida receives. This will soon result in an increase in Florida’s electoral votes, which will lean more Democratic as increasing numbers of Puerto Ricans vote (this doesn’t even take into consideration possible illegal immigrant voter fraud).
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She (this conservative) was shilling this same nonsense on the Townhall forum as well, to wit:
‘The National Popular Vote Plan would award all of a state’s electors to the candidate who wins the most popular votes in all fifty states.’
IOW, Hillary Clinton would be president now.
I thought we (ahem) conservatives—as opposed to the GoP=e—decided that Hillary as president would be a bad thing .. ?
Nothing mentioned about the Democrats’ massive voter fraud, Obama (ineligible under Art. 2) urging illegals to break the law by voting (`No one will investigate, your lawbreaking is confidential’), etc. and so on.
Just, “Toss out the electoral college; Hillary should have won.”
The writer is a witch. Burn her! Burrrrrrrn herrrrr!
“Who recycled this garbage? It was posted the other day.”
That would be the OP of this thread.
I doubt her sincerity, whoever she is. The answer to her proposition is no.
“Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” [James Madison, “The Federalist No. 10,” 1787.]
After a quick search, I see that Rachel has written some good articles. Maybe she is sincere. But the answer is still no. She should study history more, especially the letters, papers and speeches that preceded our Constitution and were considered for constructing it.
States should not be allowed more electoral votes with the excuse that their populations are larger. Some founding fathers also warned against that.
The original intent for the electoral college was to have each state set up a number of electoral districts equal to no. of Reps + Senators and have a popular vote for each elector, rather than having the President and Vice President on the ballot. But the Constitution, as written, left the selection of electors up to each state’s legislature, so that’s why we have winner-take-all states.
I think the E.C. should go just the opposite of Rachel Alexander’s idea — not abolishment, but having the individual electors on the ballot in electoral districts.
Only change I would accept is one electoral vote for each Congressional District won and two for each state won.
She wants Conservatives to switch our current election system because we “might lose” Florida in 2020 or 2024.
We ALREADY lost Florida in 1996, came within 500 votes of losing it in 2000, and lost it again in 2008 and 2012.
As to winning the popular vote, Republicans have lost the popular vote in six of the last seven elections!
Demographically, the game is over for the GOP coalition.
I give Trump a 50-50 chance of winning in 2020.
After 2020, I think the Republican Party will collapse, and Conservatives, Libertarians, Evangelicals, Neo-Cons, and small business owners will go their separate ways.
What a stinking pantload.
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