Virtually ALL Dems and progressives want the Electoral College abolished

[Ken Burch]

Getting rid of the EC has never been a position held solely by those who supported HRC in the primaries.

Saying this because I'm getting a bit tired of people implying that the left somehow cares less about that than the "center-left".

There simply isn't a disagreement on this point within our side of the spectrum.

[dhol82]

1. Well that means it will never happen

Hate to sound bitter but, when have the dems ever stood up and fought tooth and nail for what's right?
That's with all branches of government against us.

[Ken Burch]

2. I don't disagree with you.

n/t.

[Yurovsky]

4. The math just doesn't work, at least not now...

no way will smaller states, especially those in the south and Great Plains, give up the disproportionate power the EC grants them. It only takes 1/3 of them to block any amendment that would dissolve the EC.

I'm afraid we'll need an uprising unlike any we've seen in our lifetime to end this travesty of a political dinosaur. It is the vestigial tail of our Republic, only we can't seem to get it surgically removed...

[WestSeattle2]

3. The electoral college will be abolished, sooner or later. The majority simply won't stand for

popular vote losers to be repeatedly installed in the White House. The only question really is if abolishing the EC will require rioting in the streets and civil unrest, or will Congress take the initiative to initiate amending the constitution without civil strife.

[Hoyt]

5. Unfortunately, probably way too difficult to change in short-term.

[MichMan]

6. Why didn't we try between 2004 & 2014?

The perception is that we are only opposed to the EC because it worked against us this time. We would have had a lot better argument had we been pressing for abolition as a matter of principle when it didn't affect the winner. That may however have fallen on deaf ears because it would have been tough convincing some that it was an issue.

[kudzu22]

7. It only takes 17 states to stop an amendment

Here are 24 I'm pretty sure would never go for it: AK, MT, ID, UT, WY, ND, SD, NE, KS, AZ, TX, OK, NE, AR, LA, MS, AL, GA, NC, SC, WV, KY, TN, IN.

So, you'd have to persuade 8 of those AND hang on to all the small blue states like CT, VT, ME, HI, MN, NM, RI, DE and purple ones like IA, WI, NV that currently enjoy their "disproportionate" representation.

[doc03]

8. Very few of our Congress critters are in favor of doing away with it? nt