(May 14, 2017 at 5:04 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I don't think you seem to understand, if our current crop of morons in Congress had the founders in hand you'd know Trump is the type of asshole the founders had in mind when they came up with the EC.
The electors are supposed to be independent from both the congress and the voters, and if they had understood how nuts Trump was, they DID have the option of saying "NO" even though the voters spoke. The EC was supposed to prevent the rise of tyranny. Now it still is only 1 tool, we also have power of impeachment, and under no circumstance in any case can Trump do more than 8 years, he still has to run again 2020.
I would leave it alone, but tweak federal law that after a certain amount the districts cannot get lopsided. I'd also get a Dem president in 2020 to balance the SCOTUS and get rid of Citizens United.
If you are going to say that no system is perfect and I agree, then this changes nothing for me and you still have not offered up a thing in any case.
You are doing nothing more than making excuses for an incompetent Electoral College having elected a veritable crazy man who everyone saw as unstable during the long election process.
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