TIL: We are 6 state votes away from rendering the Electoral College useless

[dj-method-x]

This deserves awareness. This upcoming election is going to be super important

Nevada Senate passes bill that would give Electoral College votes to winner of national popular vote

Nevada Senate passes bill that would give Electoral College votes to winner of national popular vote
By Morgan GstalterMay 22, 2019 - 06:45 AM EDT
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Nevada Senate passes bill that would give Electoral College votes to winner of national popular vote



The Nevada Senate passed a bill that would give the state’s Electoral College votes to the winner of the presidential election's national popular vote, sending the legislation to the desk of Gov. Steve Sisolak (D).

The state Senate passed the measure on a 12-8 vote on Tuesday, CNN reported.

If Sisolak signs the measure into law, Nevada would become the latest state to join the National Popular Vote interstate compact, an agreement among a number of states to give their Electoral College votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote.

Currently, 14 states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation to join the pact, which will only take effect if a number of states holding the majority of the Electoral College’s 538 electoral votes join the agreement.

The total is currently at 189, and Nevada’s six electoral votes would boost the number to 195, CNN noted.

Lawmakers in Maine passed a similar billearlier this month and it currently waits to either be signed or vetoed by Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D).

There have only been five instances where a presidential candidate has been elected without winning the popular vote since the Electoral College was created in 1787.

Most recently, President Trump won office in the 2016 election after losing the popular vote to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by nearly 3 million votes. However, Trump won the election by securing 304 electoral votes.

It's kind of amazing just how close we are...the National Popular Vote website has this uplifting line:

"The bill has passed one house in 9 additional states with 82 electoral votes (AR, AZ, ME, MI, MN, NC, NV, OK, OR), including a 40–16 vote in the Republican-controlled Arizona House and a 28–18 in Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate, and been approved unanimously by committee votes in two additional Republican-controlled states with 26 electoral votes (GA, MO). "

So, we're literally 6 states away from completing this, and each of those states has had the bill pass at least one of their houses.

It's just stunning how fast this happening.

 

[the cac mamba]

glad to hear it. the electoral college is outdated trash

im tired of the fukkin lying about how "big states will decide the elections" because there's no such thing as a "state" in a popular vote california's 5 million dem votes and 3 million repub votes get thrown into the total. it's that simple. and why isn't it also "decided by texas"?


this might even be a better compromise than a pure popular vote anyway. i made a thread about it where posters decided to just catch feelings, but i dont see how the dems can push for a popular vote if they're unwilling to do it in their primary. frankly, the washington establishment and the media have no interest in switching to a popular vote

 

[saturn7]

Then every vote will count and will be of equal value.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

This would be good for turnout

More democrats in red states and more republicans in blue states, theoretically

 

[Sohh_lifted]

This would never pass in Florida. Just saying.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Then every vote will count and will be of equal value.

No. Just the states that have passed the popular vote compact.

 

[RAX 010]

Everyone will not agree so i dont see this getting passed

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

very interesting it's mainly blue states and about 3 swing states that have joined the pact/currently have legislation pending. the pessimist in me sees this blowing up in dems faces in 2020 i think that's going to be a tight race, if trump won the popular but not electoral, it'd be the ultimate irony

 

[tru_m.a.c]

very interesting it's mainly blue states and about 3 swing states that have joined the pact/currently have legislation pending. the pessimist in me sees this blowing up in dems faces in 2020 i think that's going to be a tight race, if trump won the popular but not electoral, it'd be the ultimate irony

Dems have only lost the popular vote once since 1992. We'll be alright.

 

[88m3]

Dems have only lost the popular vote once since 1992. We'll be alright.

 

[yseJ]

electoral college went from a kinda of a check/balance to basically useless in big partisan states and only focuses on like 6-8 mid-sized states and the fukkery gets magnified

throw it out the window

there are far healthier alternatives out there if we really want to keep individual states voting power. at the very least it shouldn't be winner takes all. imo.

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

electoral college went from a kinda of a check/balance to basically useless in big partisan states and only focuses on like 6-8 mid-sized states and the fukkery gets magnified

throw it out the window

there are far healthier alternatives out there if we really want to keep individual states voting power. at the very least it shouldn't be winner takes all. imo.

It was never a check and balance, it was about the ruling class overriding the vote of the plebians

 

[yseJ]

It was never a check and balance, it was about the ruling class overriding the vote of the plebians

I mean...you could probably say that about a lot of things. yes, they were scared about popular vote being the end of all. but it still acted like a check/balance. like a safeguard of sort I guess..

 

[MMS]

hillary lost only because she didn't campaign where she should have (the same reason she lost to Obama)

 

[the cac mamba]

hillary lost only because she didn't campaign where she should have (the same reason she lost to Obama)