I completely agree...

[u/Veshaad]

[u/Prudent_Shake_8149]

Trump agreed…

…up to the point that it put him in office.

[u/DiddyDoItToYa → u/Prudent_Shake_8149]

He didnt win the pop vote the first time funny enough lol

[u/downsideup9494 → u/DiddyDoItToYa]

He's only won against women. He couldn't beat a male opponent. So much for being a big strong macho man.

[u/Artistic_Rice_9019 → u/downsideup9494]

Anyone would have beat him in 2020. Gender is irrelevant. And he would have beat Biden in a rematch. We all saw that debate.

He only wins when the electorate forgets how awful he is.

[u/ThoriatedFlash → u/DiddyDoItToYa]

He also didn't even get 50% of the popular vote last time. More people wanted someone other than trump to win.

[u/JR_RXO → u/Prudent_Shake_8149]

[u/_jump_yossarian → u/Prudent_Shake_8149]

The idiot sent that out thinking that Mitt had won the popular vote (Obama beat him by 5 million votes).

[u/milkyjoe241 → u/Prudent_Shake_8149]

Im pretty sure more of them have brain worms than we know of

[u/Nukemiller84 → u/Prudent_Shake_8149]

It's like he has been a Democrat his entire life or something. Oh wait.

[u/OdiousAltRightBalrog → u/Prudent_Shake_8149]

The loser one!

[u/Buddhas_Warrior]

Great, when can we start??

[u/TorumShardal → u/Buddhas_Warrior]

As soon as enough states ratify National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, or NaPoVoInterCo for short.

Started in 2006, has 222 votes from 270 required.

[u/bittersterling → u/TorumShardal]

Wow, idk how I could function without that shortened version! Thanks 🙏

[u/Reformed_Hillbilly → u/bittersterling]

It just rolls off the tongue... Na po vo inter co!

[u/ruat_caelum → u/Reformed_Hillbilly]

It's like WWW's 6 syllables being shorted than saying the 3 in "world wide web"

[u/Abducted_Llama → u/ruat_caelum]

Isn’t WWW 9 syllables or am I clapping wrong ?

[u/Dicky_Penisburg → u/Abducted_Llama]

It's 6 if you're southern

[u/RaspingYeti → u/Dicky_Penisburg]

dubya dubya dubya. yup checks out! source from the TN valley area

[u/Namedthisone → u/Dicky_Penisburg]

Dubya? Like George W

[u/silvertealio → u/Dicky_Penisburg]

4 if you're nasty.

[u/jordon4ca93 → u/Abducted_Llama]

I just realized that at one point I had to be taught how to clap. I honestly don't know how I feel about that.

[u/ipomopur → u/jordon4ca93]

I thought I knew how to clap until I took a flamenco class; turns out there's clapping, and then there's clapping

[u/Reformed_Hillbilly → u/ruat_caelum]

This might be the least efficient verbalized initialism in the world

[u/CocktailPerson → u/Reformed_Hillbilly]

That's a silly statement because nobody verbalizes the initialism in isolation. People only say the letters when they're dictating a web address, and what they're dictating is the actual letters.

In real life people just say "the web" or "the internet."

[u/Reformed_Hillbilly → u/CocktailPerson]

In the earlier internet days, it was common to say the www when directing someone to a website. Both in advertisements and in personal discussion.

[u/KarmaOrDiscussion → u/Reformed_Hillbilly]

That's what he is saying.

[u/Remarkable_Ease_7607 → u/Reformed_Hillbilly]

I feel like if you have to use that many syllables you should just say the words

[u/Reformed_Hillbilly → u/Remarkable_Ease_7607]

It's like the people who say "El Oh Tee Arr" instead of "Lord of the Rings"

[u/jaxonya → u/Reformed_Hillbilly]

My son asked me if ive seen fnaf 2 a while back. Didnt say the letters, he just said fnaf as if it were a real word. I was fucking puzzeled and kept asking him what he was talking about. He finally rolled his eyes and said "five nights at freddys" 2 ...hwhat in the fuck, boy.

[u/DontAskAboutMyButt → u/jaxonya]

“Fnaf” is how all the streamers say it so that’s how Gen Alpha says it too 😂

[u/jaxonya → u/DontAskAboutMyButt]

Oh. At least he isnt weird. Well, not to his gen he isnt.

[u/Horskr → u/jaxonya]

Should ask him why not just say "fnaft" instead of pronouncing the 2 if it we're going that route lol. Fnaf and the sequel, fnanft.

[u/LessInThought → u/jaxonya]

As the dad, you have a moral obligation to fix that boy.

[u/jaxonya → u/LessInThought]

Should I dust off the ole belt handed down to me from my father? Maybe there is another way to reach him

[u/KIokinator → u/Reformed_Hillbilly]

You may not know this, but IRL many people say "Lotor" like the word "Motor" which stands for LOTR which stands for Lord of the Rings.

So either Lord of the Rings, or L-O-T-R, or "Lotor".

[u/L1V1NGD3ADBOI → u/Reformed_Hillbilly]

What is this the IT Crowd? lol

[u/LostN3ko → u/L1V1NGD3ADBOI]

Hello computer.

[u/ThesisTears → u/TorumShardal]

Omg PLEASE keep spreading the word!!! This is the singlar path forward in my opinion. I won't shut up about it and neither should anyone else!!!

[u/PickleRickleTV → u/ThesisTears]

Ranked choice voting or at least doing away with first past the post voting is much more reasonable and another path forward.

[u/YangKoete → u/TorumShardal]

And now to watch CGP Grey again.

[u/TomT060404 → u/TorumShardal]

I'm sure the Republicans will sue if it happens. The current Supreme Court will take their side.

[u/wylderk → u/TorumShardal]

And then wins the inevitable SCOTUS case. Fed gov tends to look poorly on intentionally circumventing federal law.

[u/Darixindur → u/TorumShardal]

Technically this won't change the electoral college... that pact is states saying they will change how that state casts its votes for the electoral college, to who ever wins the popular vote (which may mean that a candidate could win the majority in that state, but if that differs from the national popular vote, the electoral college votes go to the other candidate). The 270 number is the number of votes that the pact is trying to get to, before they agree to change it in those states. So as an example 209 of the electoral college votes last election for Kamala Harris would have gone to Trump in the last Election, due to the 17 states that currently agree to the pact were one by Harris, but would have been obligated to use there electoral college votes for the national popular vote winner, which this last Election was Trump. Personally I feel that this is unnecessary, because out of the 60 presidential elections, only 4 times the electoral college and popular vote did not have the same outcome. But, it is up to each state decides how they cast their electoral college votes. A more interesting question will be the arguments about the NPVIC is constitutional or not. Is it within the state powers to use the national voting for their electoral college votes? Or should those electoral college votes only reflect what happens in that state?

[u/FTHomes → u/Buddhas_Warrior]

https://giphy.com/gifs/wNlks0ID1igO4

[u/jbland0909 → u/Buddhas_Warrior]

When we have a democratic super majority in the house and senate. That’s the only way it ever happens

[u/TurtleIIX → u/jbland0909]

2/3 of states can also just choose to send all of their electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote. Really the only viable option. That still will not happen though.

[u/BebopT0716 → u/jbland0909]

Democrats have proven to be dickless even when they have a super majority, so I wouldn’t count on it.

[u/DeprecationWarning → u/BebopT0716]

Democrats have not held a supermajority [in Congress] since 1967

[u/MilkiestMaestro → u/BebopT0716]

But you're still going to vote for them because the alternative is orange julius and his ilk forever, right?

Because I feel like this sentiment comes out every election year and we sure are pretty close to November

And because I can foresee the peanut gallery chiming in, I'm aware it's not a presidential election year. It's even more important, congressional seats. Seats we desperately need in order to do anything about the aforementioned problem.

[u/AlwaysVerloren → u/Buddhas_Warrior]

Popularity by populous Popularity by my niche friendemies?

Well Dave, if you have to do the math, you don't have friends and your enemies want to end you.

VOTE MAYOR PETE TO HAPPIFY OUR NATION

or you know, to eliminate all the DTAI bullshite.

[u/Longjumping-Pop9374]

Yes! because then politicians would actually have to run on popular policy not just stupid culture war bs. Then the filibuster

[u/Tyfoid-Kid → u/Longjumping-Pop9374]

And they’d have to campaign somewhere besides the battleground states.

[u/SwagarTheHorrible → u/Tyfoid-Kid]

But how are these old men gonna be in so many places at once? They have nap time!

[u/1776boogapew → u/Longjumping-Pop9374]

Because they all follow their campaign promises so well… I’d rather see a method to holding them to what they run on, some sort of contract.

[u/TheLastBaboon → u/Longjumping-Pop9374]

I’m not against it but I think we’d need required primary and secondary education even beyond on our political system and unbiased current events to make it truly work. Educate to vote less promises because they often never happen and educate to vote more for the person and what they have been able to do in line with your ideal of policy.

Also, probably needs a bigger focus on the mistakes our country has made and the attempts to fix them.

[u/Obvious-Muffin2787]

One person, one vote. This isn't radical, people.

[u/Avesery777 → u/Obvious-Muffin2787]

I know you don't mean it, but the "This isn't radical" rhetoric is actually really damaging, because it furthers this idea in America that anything radical must instantly be bad

What we need is radical change

[u/Complete-Tangelo1532 → u/Obvious-Muffin2787]

I am glad you included the 'This isn't radical' part, I was on my way to the shed out back to grab a pitchfork and torch

Sorry, I am just messing with yah lol Couldn't help myself

Hope you have a great day/night

[u/DinosaurDied]

“Noooo, but then my vote in rural Pennsylvania won’t matter >:(“

Yea well the rest of us living everywhere else besides those 7 battleground states have votes that don’t matter. 

I’ve lived all over this country and really always wanted thr same thing and it pisses me off that my vote only matters when I lived in certain areas 

[u/Complex_Arrival7968 → u/[deleted]]

You poor devil! My niece lives there and lives for the day when she and her husband can move.

[u/RoninSkye24 → u/Complex_Arrival7968]

I lived in Texas for 5 years and it was one of the nicest places I've ever lived. Low crime rate. Cheap cost of living. Rent was reasonable in the area. No state level income taxes. Weather was fantastic too, though that's not dictated by politics, still a huge plus.

[u/Inner_Adeptness_7228 → u/[deleted]]

LOL so real its like 95°

[u/Butwhatif77 → u/DinosaurDied]

I always laugh at how people mention how "but then less populated states would get ignored" as if they don't already. When was the last time a presidential candidate campaigned in fucking Montana or Alaska. The very issue the Electoral College was supposed to address, happened anyway just worse than expected

[u/LongJohnSelenium → u/Butwhatif77]

The electoral college was meant to keep virginia from dominating politics.

The original states were far more independent and the constitution as written, still written in fact even if not as currently interpreted, wildly restricts the federal government. The smaller states, as a condition of giving up part of their sovereignty, demanded safeguards against being dominated into irrelevance by larger political entities. Thus the senate and electoral college.

Basically the US is supposed to be structured a lot more like the EU currently is.

Well that was the reason for the weighted votes. The reason for the electors is of course that, again, constitutionally, people are supposed to vote for electors and the electors vote for a president, precisely because they felt people would elect a populist demagogue if left to their own devices.

TLDR: Nothing is working like its supposed to work and thats causing all sorts of problems like people wanting to end the electoral college because the federal government has so much influence over their lives when it shouldn't.

[u/Comprehensive_Pin565 → u/LongJohnSelenium]

Or, the syatem.changed and we shpuld.change things to work

[u/Thebeardinato462 → u/DinosaurDied]

It would matter just as much as everyone else’s vote. Depending on how someone votes in rural Pennsylvania their vote does t matter now.

[u/TheWolphman → u/Thebeardinato462]

That's how I feel as a blue voter in South Carolina. I'm in my forties and this state has been red for longer than I've been alive.

[u/blahblah19999 → u/DinosaurDied]

“Noooo, but then my vote in rural Pennsylvania won’t matter >:(“

No, it's literally the opposite. Under the EC, their vote doesn't matter. Under a popular vote, literally every single vote from the bluest part of NYC, to the most remote tent in Alaska matters.

[u/DinosaurDied → u/blahblah19999]

(The secret is that they want their vote to matter way more Than anybody else’s and they won’t give that up) 

[u/TotallyNotRobotEvil → u/blahblah19999]

Yeah, but the problem is they will never win an election again. It's why conservatives are so against any form of democracy. They have names for it like "mob rule". If it were up to them no blue state, city, woman or minority would be allowed to vote.

[u/Flimsy_Pack_936 → u/DinosaurDied]

Penn would still matter to be fair

[u/Ok_Hornet_714 → u/Flimsy_Pack_936]

Pennsylvania would matter but it would also make it so that the Republican candidate would need to appeal to voters in California, and the Democratic candidate to voters in Texas, instead of them basically just looping between Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina,etc.

[u/Mysterious-Tie7039 → u/DinosaurDied]

Exactly. We let the same half dozen states choose who the President will be every time.

[u/Clcummings614 → u/DinosaurDied]

You’re in a large state. Your vote gets diluted by the smaller states. You get attention because you’re a swing state. I do think that the party platforms would be different if they had to appeal across the entire country.

Today, the swing states are the only ones that truly see any candidates campaign. Florida, NY, CA and some big red states only get visits for fundraising but not campaigning.

When’s the last time a dem or republican went to Des Moines to campaign? A dem could go to get some voters to show up for him. My district is terribly gerrymandered and my state is largely red. Probably 2/3 of the elections I participated in as an adult were meaningless. No hope for prez and Rep. a little more competitive for senate but not much. It wouldn’t have mattered if u have voted or not. No electoral college and my vote truly would count for prez.

[u/Infamous-Employ5487 → u/DinosaurDied]

I literally don't want their rural bumfuck vote to matter at this point.

Listening to the stupidest among us is what brought us here. These people NEED to be disenfranchised.

[u/EvilCorp____ → u/DinosaurDied]

Pennsylvania is the 5th most populous state.

The reason we use the electoral college is so that a candidate can't just appease California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois and tell the rest of the country to f*** off. Or just ignore them all together.

At least that was the idea. (Although I think it was New York and Virginia that were the powerhouses back then)

(I agree though we should definitely use the popular vote).

[u/edebt → u/EvilCorp____]

Instead they just focus on the swing states, so it didn't fix anything, just put the power in the hands of a different group.

[u/binzy90 → u/EvilCorp____]

Honestly, I never understood the whole concept. A candidate in any other election would prioritize large, populous areas regardless of what office they were running for. Like is someone in the back woods of West Virginia mad that their local county commissioner had a round table at a local school auditorium instead of driving out to the middle of nowhere to meet them? Probably not. But for some reason we act like a presidential candidate appealing to populous states is a bad thing.

[u/Stock-Map3715]

I wanted that since I first heard about the electoral college when I was 8 in 1968. It’s not an idea that Pete came up with that nobody else ever thought about.

[u/QwertyIGuess → u/Stock-Map3715]

I mean it was first thought of when they were writing the constitution. The less populated states said "Naw, I don't think we want to join this new country if thats how its gonna work." They countered with giving every state equal votes for president.

The more populated states said "Naw, I don't think we want to join this new country if thats how its gonna work." Everyone grumbled and grumbled and then someone said what if we do both and that how you get the compromise of the Electoral College.

Edit: It was not a slavery compromise the people who replied are thinking of the 3/5 compromise that was a different compromise.

[u/Fun_Performer_7930]

Republicans would never win another election.....I'm in!

Edit: "NEVER WIN ANOTHER". Meaning "going forward". I really don't wanna keep typing this out to bots.

[u/BigBoyYuyuh → u/Fun_Performer_7930]

Trump won the popular vote last election…America is a failed country.

[u/KtotheC99 → u/BigBoyYuyuh]

A lot of people dont vote in non-swing states because their 'vote doesnt matter' for the general election. This would increase participation across the board which would (if data is accurate) support democratic candidates overall.

Additionally, it could help 3rd parties become more viable as well

[u/Federal-Piglet → u/BigBoyYuyuh]

More Americans didn't vote then voted for Kamala and Trump combined...

[u/Ok-Boomer-4414 → u/Fun_Performer_7930]

It’s not that simple. Trump won popular vote in 2024. Republicans won popular vote for house in 2022 and 2024. It will certainly change in 2026 but Democrats are currently the voting minority

[u/True_Protection6842 → u/Fun_Performer_7930]

Well that's the problem. Republicans would essentially be eliminated in all the but the reddest bible belt states. That's not representation. It's basically what republicans want for themsevles by gerrymandering and cheating.

[u/TheTwiggsMGW → u/True_Protection6842]

I don’t see how that’s a bad thing, though. If the majority of people don’t align republican, then the party shouldn’t exist. A new party would emerge to fill the void, because not everyone aligns with Dems either. They’re just the better option of the two available.

[u/AbeRego → u/TheTwiggsMGW]

Precisely. How do people still not understand this? We weren't handed Republicans and Democrats when the country was founded; they literally didn't exist. George Washington himself famously despided parties, and didn't think they should exist. History has justified him.

[u/blahblah19999 → u/True_Protection6842]

Only for president.

[u/linds360 → u/Fun_Performer_7930]

Or they’d learn real quick that appeasing a billionaire and appeasing a middle class person equals the same number of votes.

And there are a fuckton more middle class people.

[u/thewalruscandyman]

But that would make us a democracy!

[u/Time-Valuable-3355 → u/thewalruscandyman]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oKIPaR7oa6Ri958He

[u/dogchasecat]

Only if it's rank choice voting.

[u/ku1185]

These crazy democrats trying to bring democracy to our democracy are going to destroy our democracy.

[u/richardcraniumIII → u/ku1185]

If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States.

[u/tsardonicpseudonomi → u/richardcraniumIII]

I know the quote/meme but no we wouldn't. We haven't invaded Israel to liberal Israel.

[u/Icy_Pomegranate_4480]

Great idea

[u/Perfect_Toe_6526]

Actually, the president should not have unilateral power to mess up the things

[u/Lithl → u/Perfect_Toe_6526]

The president doesn't have such power. But they do have the bully pulpit, which can help sway opinions in Congress and in state legislatures.

[u/rudimentary_rudy]

I just nutted at the thought

[u/CaptCaCa → u/rudimentary_rudy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/QfI5xgq8OA0Q76RJXw

[u/Adventurous_Coach731 → u/CaptCaCa]

That’s the reverse of what he sounded like when he nutted

[u/DanimalHarambe]

You mean like an "election"? All Republicans voted against the immediate end of gerrymandering. They are feeding us to ourselves.

[u/Defiant_Freedom_249]

One person equaling one vote couldn't be more fair.

[u/binzersguy]

How do we help make it happen? Vote out Republicans? I’m on board!

[u/SadMathematician5187]

Love him.

[u/SuspiciousNorth377]

I have hated the electoral college ever since Gore ran for President.

[u/Rushman_1959gto]

Totally agree.

[u/whizzbangkid]

YES!

[u/37Philly]

This should be top 3 on Dems agenda moving forward.

[u/Gemstyle96]

I think repealing the Reapportionment Act of 1929 would be a better start

[u/Fluffy-Salamander568]

This is the way

[u/QuailDifficult8470]

You can stop, I’m already a Pete fan.

[u/TimothiusMagnus]

The Electoral College should have been eliminated after the Civil War

[u/supercleverid]

He's right.

[u/gluepet2074]

I agree - convince me otherwise

[u/Lando_0]

I believe voter registration is a scam and everyone with a ss# should use that to vote. I believe that election days should be granted by employers to make sure all people vote.

Edit: schools too for all 18y/o’s

[u/TAU_equals_2PI → u/Lando_0]

Every school I know of already does this, because they use the schools as voting locations. Public schools, anyway. Other than private schools and that one state where all voting is done by mail, I don't know of any schools that aren't closed on election day. Unless you meant colleges.

[u/Lando_0 → u/TAU_equals_2PI]

That’s pretty great! How about employers? I guess my overall point is that if the federal gov really wanted the masses to vote it would make registration automatic like selective service and election days would be more important.

Edit: spelling.

[u/7Obituario7]

This is how it should be but it will never be like this, otherwise republicans would never win again.

[u/desmond609]

People vote....... dirt doesn't. 1 person 1 vote. Simple as that.

[u/Kelvininin]

That’s how it should be, land should not vote.

[u/SnooEagles4121]

Every time a conservative tries to defend the electoral college to me I point out that the state with the most registered Republicans is California.

[u/ThoriatedFlash]

Give us some ranked-choice voting while you're at it.

[u/broforce]

Yeah I get pretty much yelled at every time I bring this up. Wouldn't a popular vote election mean more? I don't see the downside from this

[u/Ok-Scale-2559]

How about rank choice voting so the politicians actually have to work together

[u/AbeRego]

I think most Americans agree.

[u/onimush115]

He's not the only one. Put me down for one of those fair elections too!

[u/FantomVibrations]

This dude NEEDS to be our president

[u/East-Inevitable-3974]

We should eliminate Gerrymandering too. Just let a computer break states up into shortest perimeter districts and be done with it.

[u/ShaperLord777]

God damn right. While you’re at it, ban PAC’s too.

[u/Pristine_Frame_2066]

Yes.

And ranked choice voting ftw!!!

[u/Oztravels]

Australian here. Your system seems nuts.

[u/kollmastee]

I’m down. Next make voting compulsory

[u/Tyfoid-Kid → u/kollmastee]

And have 3 days for voting and make it a holiday.

[u/hpotul]

About fucking time

[u/falardeau187]

Yes, and also ranked choice voting. This is crucial.

[u/ApollymiKatistrafia]

Also, add ranked choice voting. And mandatory.

[u/Suspicious_Corgi6819]

Ranked choice voting?

[u/CaptCobraChicken]

Aquatic Tarts.

https://giphy.com/gifs/td9mnxb4p84fn6w2Pk

[u/cedricboy]

Does he know Trump won the popular vote?

[u/Lithl → u/cedricboy]

Trump also lost the popular vote twice.

Regardless, that's not the point. The point is that people vote, not empty land.

[u/Jadey-R-]

Yes please

[u/Lorddoctorjava]

1 PERSON 1 VOTE!!!

[u/NurseDMV]

Agree!

[u/GrillinFool]

Translation. “We didn’t get our way so we have to blow the system up because we’re a bunch of babies.”

[u/Inner_Adeptness_7228]

Exactly. Every vote should count the same

[u/Professional-Story43]

Gee. Then my vote WILLreally count. I agree.

[u/QuitUsual4736]

So overdue!!! This would change everything

[u/the_cardfather]

The electoral college at this point is a symptom not a cause and eliminating it is not a cure.

It would probably be easier to eliminate winner-take-all for each state. It would be more granular if they expanded the size of the house and the electoral college with it. I'm not sure that that would take a constitutional amendment. Just imagine if we were spreading out a thousand electors or 4000 or 5,000 electors.

More importantly Congress needs to take their power back from the executive branch. Too many departments and too many cabinet members running things go back to writing a bunch of small laws rather than Giant sweeping legislation too big to read

[u/TheBannedBananaMan]

Still no room for a 3rd party of working people. Only McKinsey Criminal Class.

[u/Waste-Principle6304]

He says this but as a corporatist Democrat he won’t implement it.

[u/Euphoric_Present8838]

Unfortunately that still means we’d have trump today. 

[u/Squirrel-on-a-Burl]

I agree.

[u/Ill_Blacksmith693]

Love this idea!!!

[u/Ill_Blacksmith693]

That is how it should be we are not even close to being a free country we are a mess.

[u/Salt-Wear-1197]

Eliminate two party system, eliminate first past the post voting system, eliminate money in politics too.

[u/rybotsky]

Like basically every democracy on earth.

[u/DeadAndBuried23]

Or at the very least don't let small state votes count for 3-4 times as many as a big state just because they're smaller. That was so the effective owners of the states could have more say. It has no place in the modern world.

[u/eForeign_Anybody7431]

YES YES YES! This is the only answer

[u/Euphoric_Taco138]

Republikkkans would never win the presidency again if this happens

[u/Professional_Army205]

Agreed

[u/Purple-Relation-2938]

Agree 100%

[u/ilikeboobs510]

And ranked choice across the state and fed levels.

[u/Luckiestpants]

Oh no..???

[u/Sidwill]

Yes, and?

[u/Satisfied2025]

Best idea ever!

[u/BraveLittleTowster]

The electoral college made a lot of sense when getting votes from all over the country to Washington was going to be a problem. A lot simpler to have a few people from each state come to Washington DC and tell them who won the election in each state. Popular vote at the country level would have been next to impossible in the 1700s and 1800s, but that's just not an issue now.

[u/DonkeyImpossible316]

So do I!

[u/Motor_Run6164]

I agree with the idea, but this would require a Constitutional Amendment. Hard to see that happening in today’s political environment.

[u/Prestigious-Onion161]

Start now.

[u/Mysterious-Kick9881]

Seems reasonable to me. If only our elected officials would use their power for good.

[u/Demetrius3D]

Small states will never give up electoral Affirmative Action.

[u/unscanable]

President is the only election in the country not elected by popular vote and I’ve never heard a good reason as to why that it.

[u/Lilpad123]

Go for it, rank choice next or whatever is better.

[u/ISCSI_Purveyor]

https://giphy.com/gifs/CpgNjk2E54p7W

[u/Responsible_Tart_36]

THATS HOW IT SHOULD BE

[u/wrs557]

Says literally every Democrat tryna be president since 2016

[u/Hairy-Love2571]

Is this because the election went the other way twice in 20 years? Same thing happened in 1876 and 1888.

[u/cheesylobster]

Yes, and add in ranked choice voting!

[u/Basic-Pomegranate536]

This is crazy, my bf and I were literally just talking about this.. the one who really should be elected is by the popular vote, everytime

[u/Jumpy_Witness6014]

Let’s go a step further and do ranked ballot popular vote. You rank the choices then if no one wins by majority it goes to #2 and so on.

[u/Frodo_gabbins]

To be able to live in my red state and feel like voting for a president actually mattered would be amazing.

[u/Sure_Anxiety_1477]

A lot of people in here on both sides of this debate are wrong. The EC wasn’t created to protect rural areas or small states. In 1789 90% of the electorate lived in rural areas. And the smaller states already had their compromise with the Connecticut compromise. Madison kept very thorough constitutional convention notes. The founding fathers wanted the EC because they thought the electorate was too stupid to pick the president (they also thought we were too stupid to pick our senators). That was the founding father’s justification.

[u/Responsible-Tap-3748]

Sounds good Pete, go ahead

[u/E-rotten]

Sounds like a good idea

[u/547318]

100% agree Mayor Pete!

[u/LMrningStar]

What? He wants every single vote to count exactly equally and wants the person who gets the most votes to win an election? What kind of sorcery is this?

[u/Jesuismieux412]

Great, but he won't be the one to do it...not even close. Why anyone continues to believe promises from neoliberals is beyond me. They could have super majorities in both houses, have the executive, etc and still not pass one thing their voters want--we've seen it several times already. So, the question is why? Hmmm....

[u/Upbeat-Mongoose-828]

no

[u/js303]

Mayor Pete can kiss my ass

[u/Peter4reddit]

Of course! It’s the only truly fair way to democratically elect anyone!!

[u/Aromatic_Ad4132]

The electoral College is garbage unless it delivers the result of the popular vote. Drumpf won millions of votes fewer than Hillary

[u/mariposatraicionerax]

https://giphy.com/gifs/S6TYvqC5RVE87OyVAJ

[u/Full-Yoghurt-4261]

Those who want this clearly do not understand why the Electoral College was created. The purpose was to give each state equal representation in voting, as each state greatly differs in how it views things. States are basically different nations when it comes to culture and views.

If we were to operate by popular vote, candidate policies would only line up with cities with the largest populations and not with the overall needs of each state.

[u/camtech2010]

That's one of the first steps in giving the government BACK TO THE PEOPLE

[u/ProfileBest2034]

Strongly disagree. 

The wisdom and education level of most Americans is extremely low and the ability to manipulate most Americans with emotional appeals and false promises is extremely high. 

We need far more roadblocks between people and voting, not fewer.