The 2026 blue wave could end up washing away the Electoral College. In addition to winning Congress, Democrats won full control of state governments in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. That means that a two-decades-in-the-making plan to switch our presidential elections to a popular vote system — a plan 18 states have already approved— […]
His concerns boil down to:
- this might favor democrats more than I thought
- states could change their minds again, and that would be confusing
- there should be an independent body for determining the national popular vote
Of course they are. It’s meant to be a carrot, forever out of reach, and not threatening the investor class.
It’s fair to worry that passing it would lead to a backlash, which would lead to a reversal after people vote out Dems. You’re basically telling people in your historically little red state that you are taking away their power to benefit your party.
The electoral college doesn’t protect little red states, it makes them irrelevant, just like blue states.
The only states relevant under the electoral college system are purple swing states.
And those come in many sizes and geographic locations.
Also, there is a reason literally no other country uses this system anymore.
It’s utter trash and indefensible in almost every capacity outside of the bubble of American brainrot politics.
Hm. Yes, maybe it’s a matter of public perception. But who in the media landscape is going to argue that this empowers individual voters, whose votes otherwise disappear into nothingness if they lose?
I already hear enough about how they’re going to do away with Daylight Savings, and we still fiddle with our clocks twice a year.
Do you not understand how your government works? The news reports on it every time Congress has a vote on it, but it has not passed both houses and been signed into law yet so of course you still have to change your clocks…
