The right wingers are scared of the election being decided by the popular vote.
2020 Presidential election
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The right wingers are scared of the election being decided by the popular vote.
fishonjazz
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I honestly don't care a ton. Unlike you I didn't cry about it when Obama did it and I'm not when Trump did it. Using illegals as some political tool like you all have is terrible. You only care when it suits your agenda and you can use them.
1) I complained about Obama's deportations at the time. You didn't notice, probably because you don't care.
2) There's a huge difference in how Obama and Trump treat children. I understand that you don't care how these kids are treated, but some of us do.
Some of us do!
PJF
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I'll take Jefferson and Madison over you any day...
You like the electoral college well enough, but you hate all the checks on the Presidency Jefferson/Madison worked hard to ensure. No one is fooled by you.
Well, the issue is that if the electoral college system is abolished, then states don't mean anything and political power is nationalized.
Jefferson and Madison would NEVER take you.
Read their writings. I have some books I could lend you if you really wanted to do that.
You have nothing in common with them.
Senators are still elected by state. Representatives are still restricted to a single state.
Could you explain what you mean by "nationalized" here? How is popular vote more "nationalized" with a popular vote, and why is this an issue?
The electoral college system ensures that individual states, including smaller states, have an impact on the election of the President and are not just overridden by large states. The creation of states' rights and the decentralization of power among those states is part and parcel to the electoral process that the founders envisioned.
