Here is the column, which is authored by Joshua Holzer, Associate Professor of Political Science at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
Here is the column, which is authored by Joshua Holzer, Associate Professor of Political Science at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
We’re a Republic, not a democracy.
Waste of my time reading this bullshit. Redpath may be even more of a commie retard than Winger.
A republic is a type of democracy. One with checks and balances which are meant to prevent it from devolving into a tyranny of the majority.
The electoral college in its current form is not ideal, but as long as we have a federal government, it is still better than not having an electoral college at all.
To improve the electoral college, instead of assigning congressmen and electoral votes on the basis of states’ population like we currently do, we should be assigning them on the basis of something more meritocratic: e.g. states’ arable land area, agricultural fraction of the economy, annual exports minus imports, gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity, or something like that.
CURRENT USA —
TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY — VIA ALL THE RIGGED MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDER SYSTEMS
1/2 X 1/2 = 1/4
SUPER-WORSE PRIMARY MATH
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TOTSOP
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/15/2024-election-overturned-possibility/75354573007/
Congress made overturning elections harder, but there are still loopholes in the law
Aysha Bagchi
USA TODAY
When Congress passed the Electoral Count Reform Act in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s post-2020 election effort to reverse his loss, leaders in both parties said it would help safeguard future elections.
There are still holes that could be exploited, however, especially at the local level. Some of those holes are already being tested by local officials, such as refusing to certify elections at the county level, according to Matthew Seligman, a fellow at Stanford’s Constitutional Law Center and co-author of the 2024 book “How to Steal a Presidential Election.”
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TOO MANY ***HOLES*** TO COUNT ???
HOW MANY 2022 LAW CASES GOING TO SCOTUS – 5 NOV 2024-20 JAN 2025 ???
ALL MORE REASONS TO ABOLISH THE MINORITY RULE EC
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That’s not what historically the founders or American civics taught about democracy until the 20th century. It was always believed and taught that it was nothing but mob rule and lynch law and completely unAmerican.
“The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose the election. Thanks to the Electoral College, that has happened five times in the country’s history.”
In every single one of those cases, with one sole exception, no candidate for President had 50% of the popular vote. So, the electoral college has essentially served as a run off.
The sole exception was Tilden in 1876. And, even in his case, he actually had both a majority of popular votes, AND electoral votes on election night, but had electoral votes taken away from him by selective disqualification.
Any proposal to get rid of the electoral college must deal with this essential question: what happens if NO ONE has a majority of the popular vote? (Which could very well happen in this election, BTW). The National Popular Vote proposal essentially gives the election to anyone who has at least 40% of the popular vote – a solution that doesn’t solve the problem – and could result in a unpopular election – like Allende in Chile.
A better solution is to have states authorize run=offs or alternative voting to resolve the case of a Presidential candidate winning that state with less than 50%. These solutions don’t require any constitutional amendment or interstate “compact”.
Maybe just dissolve the union before it leads to another bloody war?
Devolution is always a welcome start.
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HOW MANY HACKS IN THE GERRYMANDER CONGRESS AND ALL 50 STATE LEGISLATURES GET ELECTED WITH UNDER 50 PCT OF GERRYMANDER AREA VOTES ???
SAME FOR STATE/LOCAL EXECS/JUDICS ???
https://www.foxnews.com/elections
PREZ MAP – DOWN PAGE ABOUT 10-20 PCT
COMMIE STATES SHOULD BE BLOOD R-E-D
FASCIST STATES SHOULD BE DEAD B-L-U-E
CIVIL WAR II STARTS WHERE ???
ON 5 NOV 2024 ???
The map in the article is interesting and informative.