State College, PA – Former U.S. representative and presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke says “there’s a lot of wisdom” in scrapping the Electoral College system because it puts some states out of play in presidential elections.
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O’Rourke made the comments Tuesday after speaking to a college-campus crowd of hundreds in Pennsylvania, a late-voting state that may yet play a role in the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary contest.
The Texan suggests that changing the Constitution to adopt a popular vote for president would ensure that every voter counts.
Democrat Hillary Clinton beat Republican Donald Trump by nearly 3 million popular votes in 2016, yet Trump won the Electoral College to capture the White House.
Also Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts reiterated her support for eliminating the Electoral College while on her Democratic presidential campaign swing through Selma, Alabama.
Abolishing the electoral college means abolishing The United STATES.of America.
States’ rights are part of the Constitution.
Besides, we’d have to come up with a new name for our country.
He is right. This makes no sense. Many many frumme want to vote Republican. Trump, Bush etc. Most of them (App. 90-95%) live in New-York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California and other States where by law all Electorate 100% (Votes for POTUS) went for Obama, Hillary. In reality 95-98% of frumme ended up giving their votes for OBAMA and Hillary they like it or not. They might have done better not voting at all. The less people in NY NJ etc the less Electorates for a Democrat.
Hard to argue in favor of the electoral college.
They don’t like the rules that have been in place for hundreds of years so now let’s change them.