Half of voters say the national popular vote should be used for presidential elections, a new poll shows https://t.co/MN7Xvdfjrd
— POLITICO (@politico) March 27, 2019
The degradation of conservative discourse (re e.g., Electoral College):
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 23, 2019
From: We should respect the Constitution and established forms and be wary of proposals for change (see e.g. Fed #49).
To: YOU CAN'T EVEN QUESTION ANY CURRENT ARRANGEMENT EVEN IF IT'S NOT WORKING AS INTENDED.
The 12th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 22nd, 23d, and 26th amendments to the Constitution each previously altered the system for selecting presidents https://t.co/Fqz9LNK6QI
— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 23, 2019
1/3
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) March 23, 2019
“Hmm, I wonder how maps work?” a mini reminder for the day.
First, the map below, presented in the way you see. https://t.co/Zg3Wt4mtSC
This is stupid to the point of being vulgar. I am up for real debate about this issue and virtually any other, but I have had my fill of the intellectually dishonest. If you want to act like acres of land vote and not people, then you probably shouldn’t be taken very seriously. https://t.co/CwxItCRhMb
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 22, 2019
Great column by @henryolsenEPPC on why conservatives should be open to doing away with the Electoral College — and more broadly, why they should be open to compromises on voting access issues:https://t.co/WvhsJure4G
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 22, 2019
Clinton would have won the Electoral College if these were the 50 states pic.twitter.com/d3GGgU7nCi
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 22, 2019
Since I've made fun of a lot of bad arguments for the Electoral College, here's what I'd consider a decent defense of it to be. This is somewhat devil's advocate-y—overall, I'd prefer to eliminate the EC and federalize the presidential election—but IMO this is a reasonable case. pic.twitter.com/yr36TFSb4i
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 22, 2019
As someone who is *not* super anti-Electoral College, I'm just going to repeat what I said earlier this week, which is that most people trying to defend the Electoral College would be better off saying nothing because their arguments have been really dumb. https://t.co/W4W1pOqlRB
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 22, 2019
The number of tweets/words devoted to the Electoral College's small state bias is way out of line. It's just not the main reason why the system produces countermajoritarian outcomes https://t.co/bMzgktwdze
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 22, 2019
As long as we're rethinking how we elect presidents, here's why ranked-choice voting would be best. https://t.co/L6VU4RnRFZ
— Lee Drutman (@leedrutman) March 21, 2019
It's always a tell that Alaska isn't shown to scale in these maps. https://t.co/mxT320lJdo
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 22, 2019
Reupping some ?s: we’ve had 2x pop vote loser won EC since 00 after just 3x in > 2 centuries. Is there a # of divergences when it becomes a problem, or fine as routine? Also what if EC winner loses pop vote by 6/7 million or more? Is there a size of split that’s ever concerning? https://t.co/Sr9fL47zoC
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 21, 2019
Of all the @YouTube videos, I've made in the last 6 months, this one we just dropped on the Electoral College might be my favoritehttps://t.co/zOMzxx2Zng
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) March 21, 2019
NEW: Abolish the Electoral College. Kill the filibuster. Expand the Supreme Court. Make DC a state.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 21, 2019
The 2020 Democratic debate is moving beyond policy to a battle over fundamentally restructuring a system progressives believe is unfair.https://t.co/plF6uQryBz
Sad! 