Delaware passes popular vote in attempt to change EC

The funny thing about how it's all blue states doing this is they're giving a Republican the only chance they would have of winning that state.

A Republican is never going to win Connecticut, Delaware, etc but now that these states want to leave it to the national popular vote a Republican has a chance.

These idiots can't see the forest for the trees.

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The funny thing about how it's all blue states doing this is they're giving a Republican the only chance they would have of winning that state.

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I can't wait for Trump to win the popular vote. The melt will be glorious.

There are tons of people in these states who do not vote, because their vote doesn't count.

Don't want a voter id law because it's disenfranchising people, yet are willing to disenfranchise the whole state if the state happens to vote for a candidate that doesn't win the popular vote. I'm sure that's gonna hold up in court (well I'm sure it will hold up in the 9th circuit, but they get overturned every time)

Another rule/law passed by the left designed to give them the advantage that will end up biting them in the arse.

It is unconstitutional and will not stand...

Such a mistake for Delaware.
No one need campaign there ever if this change happens.
Delaware was prime mover in the original idea.

The small states will not be heard from again.
Win about 10 states, and do California big as 2016 and you win.
Ny
NJ
Florida
Tex
California
Illinois
Ohio
Mich
Virginia
North carolina

"What's Wyoming" for $100, eh?

The law only goes into effect when/if the total EC votes of the States that did this reaches 270. Until then it means nothing.

Gonna be awesome when trump wins all 50 states in 2020

This movement makes no sense. The whole premise is to prevent someone who doesn't win a majority of the vote becoming president, which is something they see the EC as enabling.

However, when is the last time that a Presidential candidate actually won 50% of the popular vote? Even if Obama did it, it is not a common occurrence. Most modern elections are won with less than 50% of the vote. So what exactly is this compact solving?

This Popular Vote compact is just another method of allowing a minority of the population to elect the President. It is not a solution to the "injustice" of the EC, it is simply a replacement system that favors the other side. One could argue that in a situation where a 3rd party gains any significant portion of the vote (like Perot in 92), the popular vote compact will deliver an even more unjust result than the EC ever would have. Now you have an EC landslide for a guy who won 39% of the vote like Clinton did.

How is that better, or more just?

Tl;dr: Candidates hardly ever cross the 50% threshold. This compact does nothing but switch from the EC method to a more Democrat-favorable method of plurality voting.