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Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College (www.pewresearch.org)
submitted 11 months ago by PizzaMan@lemmy.world to c/conservative@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] PizzaMan@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (62 children)

Why does that matter? The people want a better electoral system, one that treats all votes equally.

[–] elscallr@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"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.

[–] PizzaMan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (18 children)

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

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