There is currently a plan to ditch the Electoral College – giving the Presidency to whoever wins the popular vote – and 12 states have already signed on.
“This is disempowering to rural America and empowering to urban America,” states Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt, and it amounts to a “hack” of the Constitution by people who don’t believe in the Electoral College.
Stirewalt also states that without the Electoral College we would have had a whole different trajectory of presidents. With a popular vote presidential candidates would ignore rural areas and focus only on urban centers. The “plan is to subvert the will of the Constitution and the founders.”
“This is disempowering to rural America and empowering to urban America,” he concludes, and it amounts to a “hack” of the Constitution by people who don’t believe in the Electoral College.
Nearly a dozen states have quietly signed onto a plan to effectively ditch the Electoral College and instead, award the White House to the candidate that wins the popular vote.
The National Popular Vote agreement would take effect if states that represent 270 electoral votes all commit. New York has most recently joined the efforts, bringing the number of states to 10 plus the District of Columbia. Altogether, they represent 165 electoral votes.
Without the Electoral College, FoxNews.com digital politics editor Chris Stirewalt said we would have had a whole different trajectory of presidents. If presidents are selected through the popular vote, he said that campaigns will focus on maximizing turnout in urban centers. He said the “plan is to subvert the will of the Constitution and the founders.”
“This is disempowering to rural America and empowering to urban America,” he said, explaining that it amounts to a “hack” of the Constitution by people who don’t believe in the Electoral College.
Since there is not enough support in Congress to change the Constitution and officially end the Electoral College, this plan would allow popular vote advocates to work around it.
Stirewalt pointed out that this plan is part of a larger trend on the part of “frustrated” liberals who haven’t been able to bring about the changes they want.
“They are simply taking them. They are simply doing it and if people dissent and if people complain and if the stodgy, old Constitution gets in the way, if the fussy old Whigs in the Electoral College complain about it, too bad. Because they’re gonna hack the code and they’re gonna find a way to get what they want,” he said.
So can this actually happen?
Stirewalt believes there will be significant pushback once people across the United States realize the “deadly gravity of what is being proposed” and if the states move closer to 270.
Nearly a dozen states have quietly signed onto a plan to effectively ditch the Electoral College and instead, award the White House to the candidate that wins the popular vote.
The National Popular Vote agreement would take effect if states that represent 270 electoral votes all commit. New York has most recently joined the efforts, bringing the number of states to 10 plus the District of Columbia. Altogether, they represent 165 electoral votes.
Without the Electoral College, FoxNews.com digital politics editor Chris Stirewalt said we would have had a whole different trajectory of presidents. If presidents are selected through the popular vote, he said that campaigns will focus on maximizing turnout in urban centers. He said the “plan is to subvert the will of the Constitution and the founders.”
“This is disempowering to rural America and empowering to urban America,” he said, explaining that it amounts to a “hack” of the Constitution by people who don’t believe in the Electoral College.
Since there is not enough support in Congress to change the Constitution and officially end the Electoral College, this plan would allow popular vote advocates to work around it.
Stirewalt pointed out that this plan is part of a larger trend on the part of “frustrated” liberals who haven’t been able to bring about the changes they want.
“They are simply taking them. They are simply doing it and if people dissent and if people complain and if the stodgy, old Constitution gets in the way, if the fussy old Whigs in the Electoral College complain about it, too bad. Because they’re gonna hack the code and they’re gonna find a way to get what they want,” he said.
So can this actually happen?
Stirewalt believes there will be significant pushback once people across the United States realize the “deadly gravity of what is being proposed” and if the states move closer to 270.
YES
12 Damnocrat states, that are running scared, and will use any excuse, and options, to win….Voter fraud, or machine fraud, just won`t happen this year, or any election…Obuttho will declare martial law, soon, and then the electoral college, won`t really matter…..
About time, maybe then more Americans would actually vote.
This day and age there is no reason not to count every vote.
Let the true majority rule. What’s everyone so afraid of?
I live in rural America and I have never seen the electoral college pick what people around me wanted so I think either its been bought for a long time or it isn’t functioning like our founding fathers had meant for it to!
A new system is needed.
I don’t think it makes a rats ass,our government is corrupt to the core anyway.
I might not understand all there is about the electoral collage but,,,i’am thinking,,1 person 1 vote no matte where you live rural or urban, there has to be voting centers for rural ,,so I don’t get the negativity.., When I lived in Nevada ,when I went to vote the election was over, I didn’t get to vote, they need to wait for all registered voters to vote. Each person should be pre screened and have a voters card, like a ID card or combine the both with your thumb print. And all state bills should be voted on by the people, not Politian’s .
Good. We never woulda had George w then
That is what the framers worked out and most of the time they were right. They gave it a lot of thought and I can’t find fault with it!! Keep the Electotal Collage the way it is. There is too much fraud now and doing away with it will only lead to more fraud!
Not good for America!