The trouble of course is the apparent ignorance of the voters of why the electoral college is in the Constitution in the first place.
Large concentrations of voters, like big cities and states like California would control all elections. Individuals in smaller cities and states would be left out entirely. They would have no say in the election.
What they are accepting in the populate vote is allowing the largest states to take control of elections. And the result would be predictable. Most people on the small states would not vote at all. There wild be no point. A total loss of power for the majority of states around the country.
The few states that have the most population will win the elections every time.
Large concentrations of voters, like big cities and states like California would control all elections. Individuals in smaller cities and states would be left out entirely. They would have no say in the election.
What they are accepting in the populate vote is allowing the largest states to take control of elections. And the result would be predictable. Most people on the small states would not vote at all. There wild be no point. A total loss of power for the majority of states around the country.
The few states that have the most population will win the elections every time.
Colorado Set to Become 12th State Moving to Kill Electoral College
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’s signature is all that remains to include Colorado among the ranks of states prepared to abandon the Electoral College system in favor of nationwide popular voting for the next presidential election.
Colorado would bring the number of states who have joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to 12, plus the District of Columbia. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact represents a coalition of states that have agreed to pool their presidential electoral votes for the majority candidate, regardless of individual state outcomes.
States have the constitutional right to manage the awarding of electoral votes in national elections, with many states opting for winner-take-all. If states with 270 electoral votes—or the number needed to elect a president—agree to award their votes to the majority-vote holder, it could effectively convert the presidential election to popular vote.
Colorado makes the total electoral votes represented by National Popular Vote Interstate Compact states 181. To reach the required 270, they need a dozen or so more states to pass legislation. So far, no red states have embraced the movement.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder weighed in on the issue Tuesday on Twitter, supporting the reform measure and linking to a story from The Washington Post about Colorado’s pending inclusion.
Eric Holder
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Time to make Electoral College a vestige of the past. It’s undemocratic, forces candidates to ignore majority of the voters and campaign in a small number of states. The presidency is our one national office and should be decided - directly - by the voters https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/2019/02/26/popular-vote-could-decide-presidential-election-if-these-states-get-their-way/ …
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New Mexico is poised to join next, with legislation having passed the state’s House and pending with its Democrat-controlled Senate.
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