65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/488620

65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

  • @[email protected]
    3•2 years ago

    “Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution are reserved to the States, or to the People.” -10th Amendment to the United States Constitution

    Restrict the federal government’s power to only those powers explicitly delegated to them by the Constitution and I’d be ok with eliminating the Electoral College.

    • @[email protected]OP
      4•2 years ago

      Why would that be relevant to switching to a voting system that produces winners that more accurately reflects the will of the people?

      • @[email protected]
        1•2 years ago

        Because the will of the people in your definition is the will of a handful of cities and our country is too big for that.

        Also it’s the law. It’s literally in the Constitution.

        • @[email protected]OP
          7•2 years ago

          Because the will of the people in your definition is the will of a handful of cities

          No it’s not. A popular vote is a vote that reflects what the majority want. It has nothing to do with the location of the voter. We should not have the weight of our votes be effected by where we live, like we currently have with the electoral college. My vote should count the same way as anybody else’s, and so should yours.

          Ideally the presidency and all other offices would be handled with STAR or approval voting, as they do not produce spoiler effects, weights by voter location, and help reduce extremist candidates.

          It’s literally in the Constitution.

          And it needs to change because the current system is fundamentally flawed. Our current system weights a voter’s voice by where they live, ignores huge swaths of people, has a spoiler effect, and does nothing to stop extremist candidates.