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--Simone Pétrement,
in SIMONE WEIL: A LIFE,
1973,
transl. Raymond Rosenthal, 1976
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Precisely!! #AbolishTheElectoralCollege already! When/If there's another election that is...
I’m for abolishing the Electoral College. The reasons for its establishment are no longer valid. These days everyone has access to information about the candidates, and demagogues seem to actually benefit from keeping the votes tied to the Electoral College.
Here’s a link to an NPR article on the subject. I found it enlightening.
The Electoral College debate, explained:
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/04/nx-s1-5173568/electoral-college-explained
#USPol #ElectoralCollege #Vote #AbolishTheElectoralCollege #NPR
I'm glad I live in one of the seven states where my vote actually matters.
SO many Americans don't vote because they don't think their vote will matter because of the Electoral College! I'm with #TimWalz!!
#AbolishTheElectoralCollege
In addition to Southern #slavery bullshit, the founders didn't trust the electorate, that they might vote for a #demagogue
So they also implemented the #ElectoralCollege as a filter where electors would change their vote and block a demagogue from gaining power
In 2016 #Hillary Clinton won the #presidentialelection by 3 million votes
And the Electoral College gave us a demagogue, Donald #Trump, as president
The Electoral College is a complete failure
I can't shake off the foreboding from SCROTUS Drumpf announcing a planned coup when he told a christofascist rally of supporters:
"You won't even have to vote."
GOP stole the 2000 and 2016 elections. They plan to do it again, even "better" this time, in 2024 through multiple tactics.
Donald Trump, 34-time convicted felon ,will be the popular vote loser three Presidential elections in a row.
Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of swing state voters - Vox #AbolishTheElectoralCollege
Are you a #USCitizen who doesn't #vote because you think your vote doesn't matter because of the #ElectoralCollege?
Here's a #petition to #AbolishTheElectoralCollege:
Sounds like we once again are having to contend with the very real possibility the #ElectoralCollege could yoke this country with a president the people don't want. In the last 30+ years, #Republicans #POTUS candidate has only gotten more votes than the Democratic candidate once. It wasn't #Trump. Will Trump become the first president ever to serve two terms by Electoral College mandate rather than by the will of the people?
https://thehill.com/elections/4717882-trump-holds-2-in-3-chance-of-winning-in-new-election-forecast/
A majority of Supreme Court Justices were appointed by Presidents who lost the popular vote.
We must abolish the antiquated and slavery-era Electoral College have a national popular vote. We can have a runoff between the top two if no candidate gets 50% in the first round.
#AbolishTheElectoralCollege
#TyrannyOfTheMinority
#uspolitics #uspol #politics
The single most beneficial electoral reform we could make in America is abolition of the antiquated, slavery-era Electoral College. That would end the blue state / red state divide.
Every vote across the country would have equal importance and value with a national popular vote.
We could have a runoff in December if no one wins over 50% on the first round in November or use ranked-choice voting like Ireland and do it on one day.
#AbolishTheElectoralCollege #politics #uspol #USpolitics
Roberts: If states can make their own rules, it’ll come down to a handful of states that will decide the presidential election.
Yeah, what would THAT be like? 🙄
@gooba42 @jonburr @theogrin @SrRochardBunson This is germane to the discussion here and gives me hope:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/politics/west-bank-settlers-executive-order/index.html
Also: #RankedChoiceVoting2028! ✌️🖖🤘
Fascists frame a situation where they’re not in control as anarchy. Voting for representatives to caucus on our behalf is not anarchy.
#AbolishTheSenate
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#AbolishTheElectoralCollege
#AbolishTheUSPresidency #AbolishTheElectoralCollege #AbolishsCOTUS #AbolishTheSenate
This is the only way we’re getting the #CeaseFire to happen
