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7 thoughts on “A shortcut to abolishing the Electoral College; an appeal to free-thinking electors”

  1. Make that “over two million” popular votes. Plus a national media willing to make gigantic headlines out of the popular vote margin rather than force people to look at the Cook Political Report for the latest count data. I have seen nothing on network news that comes close to calling the country’s attention to this rather important fact. In 2000, there was some media attention to Gore’s popular vote margin, which is now about one fourth of Clinton’s margin in 2016. Perhaps they are afraid of retaliation by Trump, who has a long memory for unfavorable reporting, and figure that they have more to lose than to gain by reporting the story. But if too few people are aware of the situation, nothing will be done about it.

  2. This is the sort of goo-goo initiative I usually pooh-pooh, but in this case, I say go for it. Can't hurt; might help.

  3. Hey, c'mon! This blog is sposed to be 'reality based'. And you think you are somehow going to get 38 faithless electors? And not just people who would go against Trump, but who would go for Hillary? From those chosen as Reep electors? What HAVE you been smoking?

    1. I can't imagine it would be difficult for a Republican elector to rationalize voting for Trump ("will of the people" "he'll surround himself with good people" etc) The only thing one could hope for would be like a meteor out of the clear blue sky – proof of being a Russian agent, or that Russian blackmail tape surfacing of Trump in a Moscow hotel raping a 13 year old.

      1. result: two Trump electors didn't vote for him. On the other hand, five Hillary electors voted for somebody else….

  4. Yeah, no. I'd like the electoral college to go away. I'd also like us to move from FPTP to proportional representation and to introduce more elements of the parliamentary system (i.e. making Congress dissolve itself and hold early elections if they fail to pass a budget). None of these will ever happen. Ancestor worship is too deeply ingrained in American political culture, plus it's not like either major party will ever agree to any of this.

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