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The Truth about the Electoral College

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11-11-2016, 04:32 PM

Quote:It's a wonderful system where not only can a person become president with just 22% of the people voting for them, but it's also a system where a group of fewer than 600 people can just decided they don't like the person that was elected and simple choose someone else with basically no repercussions. 
 

A lot fewer. Just 270 are needed.


 

In some states it's against the law for an elector from that state to vote otherwise. Of course that doesn't change the vote, it just makes the elector subject to punishment after the fact.


 

But this topic is moot. There won't be enough Senate votes to amend the Constitution. And very few presidents are elected with an actual majority these days. Hillary supporters are arguing for the largest plurality.




                                                                          

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The Truth about the Electoral College - by knarnn - 11-11-2016, 11:34 AM
The Truth about the Electoral College - by MalabarJag - 11-11-2016, 04:32 PM
The Truth about the Electoral College - by Best84 - 11-11-2016, 05:29 PM
The Truth about the Electoral College - by Best84 - 11-11-2016, 05:36 PM
The Truth about the Electoral College - by Best84 - 11-11-2016, 06:26 PM
The Truth about the Electoral College - by Best84 - 11-11-2016, 06:58 PM
The Truth about the Electoral College - by Jags - 11-11-2016, 07:40 PM
The Truth about the Electoral College - by FBT - 11-11-2016, 08:00 PM
The Truth about the Electoral College - by FBT - 11-11-2016, 08:22 PM
The Truth about the Electoral College - by knarnn - 11-11-2016, 10:55 PM



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