(November 18, 2016 at 9:31 pm)Jehanne Wrote: It's incredible!!! Over 500K signatures so far!
I wonder how many it will get from people who didn't vote for Hillary because they thought she would win and they could comfortably "protest" her candidacy.
I wouldn't mind seeing the electoral college go, but amending the Constitution would require a fair amount of support from people and states who feel that it's the only way their voices can be heard. I don't think many of them are being heard anyway, but they don't feel that way. I also think that getting rid of the EC would not result in a country where the candidates try to reach everyone. We'd wind up with a new type of 'swing state' that would be seen as the most efficient path to a victory, and those would get all of the attention.
And then we'd be asked to sign petitions to restore the electoral college. :p
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