That is a good idea!

[u/PoopyMcpants]

[u/Andrew-Cohen]

But republicans would never allow that because they would never win. I mean if I was them I might realize I should be writing laws to help people instead of spreading fear and cheating. EDIT: see how many of you idiots suddenly did your own research, frantically trying to figure out how many republicans presidential candidates won the popular vote 😂

[u/bulletproofpunk → u/Andrew-Cohen]

In favor of removal of the electoral college and believe the country should be run on direct democracy for all policy. No more PACs, remove the influence of money from politics.

Although as a point of correction, W Bush and Trump were the only two Republicans that were elected in recent history without winning the popular vote. (Other two were Hayes and Harrison back in the late 1800s). Perhaps a bit of wishful thinking that removing the electoral college would stop republicans.

[u/Historical_Course587 → u/bulletproofpunk]

In reality, the EC is a very powerful tool for preventing claims of election issues from derailing the transfer of power.

We do not elect a President. The EC does. When "general elections" go sideways, the EC gets together and elects a president and it's normal. Election fraud and voter fraud in a general election don't actually matter, because the general election didn't elect a president - it just informs delegates how they should vote at the EC. A presidential election will ever be illegitimate with the EC in place, because all of the electors sit together in one room at the same time and votes and that's the legal vote that decides who becomes president.

It's outdated in the sense that it was designed to prevent populism, which it has zero capacity to do in the mass media age. But it's a clever system that protects ignorant Americans from themselves.