Blue Tsunami election paves the way to get rid of the Electoral College.
It’s a work-around at the state level to avoid having to pass a Constitutional amendment. Yesterday The Washington Post reported that five states, now firmly under Democratic control, can sign on to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact which could sideline the Electoral College. The states are Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
These states would join 18 others and the District of Columbia who have already signed on to the NPVIC agreement. If enough states sign on, totaling 270 or more electoral votes, in 2028 they can then pledge their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.
Post writers Patrick Marley and Megan Vasquez write, “The arrangement would render the electoral college moot and end aberrations like the ones in 2000 and 2016 that saw Republicans George W. Bush and Donald Trump win the presidency despite Democrats receiving more votes.”
Such a change would transform the country politically. It would also generate a lot of opposition - from Republicans who benefit from the current system, to potential presidential candidates of whatever party, to small states who depend on their Electoral Votes to level the playing field, and courts who would have to rule on Constitutional issues. Pushing the issue through a Democratic-controlled Congress could be tricky, and there’s also debate over whether the president could veto the compact.
For a video message from Robert Reich, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5pxl9bNrEo
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