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[-] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago

Uncapping the House would be a good start and much easier to do than abolishing the EC since it wouldn't need a constitutional amendment. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapportionment_Act_of_1929

[-] lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago

If enough states decide to give their votes to the winner of the popular vote, this would solve the problems of the electoral college. A fair number of states already agreed to the popular vote compact. We just need the big Republican states to agree. Which probably will happen after a Democrat wins the electoral college after loosing the popular vote.

The way politics are trending, with more white Democrats and non-white Republicans, the electoral college advantage for Republicans is fading.

[-] AckPhttt@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And since it's mentioned in the article, there is a proposed path to having the popular vote decide the presidency that doesn't require a constitutional amendment, and IMO it's surprisingly further along than one might guess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

One person, one vote.

Direct democracy.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

The EC is not democracy.

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