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re: Not sure if people realize this, but the Electoral College is on the chopping block now
Posted on 11/5/26 at 11:36 pm to burger bearcat
Posted on 11/5/26 at 11:36 pm to burger bearcat
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It’s a workaround the Democrats have been scheming if they can get enough State Trifectas… which they now have enough to pull this off if they want to
Still need a massive majority of states to change the Constitution. Best Dems can do is tie their electoral votes to the popular vote. They would have been bitten in the butt in 2024 on that.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 11:40 pm to SelaTiger
post less.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 12:56 am to burger bearcat
they want majority rules in all things. 
Posted on 11/6/26 at 1:30 am to PastorJ
No change in the Constitution would be necessary. The Electoral College would remain. Only how votes would be allotted would change. Check out these 1st 4 paragraphs of a NYT explainer about the so-called compact.
Democrats’ midterm victories may raise the chances that enough states sign onto a mechanism that, in theory, could elect the next president effectively by popular vote instead of through the typical rules of the Electoral College.
The party’s surge in Tuesday’s elections included gaining a hold on the governor’s office and both statehouse chambers in at least four states, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Those states could join an agreement called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which promises that participants would give all their electoral votes to the presidential ticket that wins the national popular vote.
But the agreement, which has been more popular among Democrats, takes effect only once signed by states representing a majority of the Electoral College, or at least 270 electoral votes, the amount needed to win the presidency. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have adopted the compact so far, representing 222 electoral votes.
If all four of the states that just won total Democratic control were to join the agreement, it would tip the group over the 270-vote threshold. Arizona, which is allotted 11 electoral votes, was also projected to have a blue trifecta, though not all of its races had been called by Thursday evening.
Democrats’ midterm victories may raise the chances that enough states sign onto a mechanism that, in theory, could elect the next president effectively by popular vote instead of through the typical rules of the Electoral College.
The party’s surge in Tuesday’s elections included gaining a hold on the governor’s office and both statehouse chambers in at least four states, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Those states could join an agreement called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which promises that participants would give all their electoral votes to the presidential ticket that wins the national popular vote.
But the agreement, which has been more popular among Democrats, takes effect only once signed by states representing a majority of the Electoral College, or at least 270 electoral votes, the amount needed to win the presidency. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have adopted the compact so far, representing 222 electoral votes.
If all four of the states that just won total Democratic control were to join the agreement, it would tip the group over the 270-vote threshold. Arizona, which is allotted 11 electoral votes, was also projected to have a blue trifecta, though not all of its races had been called by Thursday evening.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 2:27 am to jlovel7
Dem popular vote compact scheme
Pennsylvania: 19
Michigan: 15
Arizona: 11
Wisconsin: 10
Nevada: 6
Add those to the existing 222, and the compact would control 283 electoral votes.
Article II of the Constitution gives state legislatures the authority to determine how presidential electors are appointed. Supporters argue that states can exercise that authority collectively to guarantee that the national popular vote winner becomes president.
Article I contains the Compact Clause, which restricts certain agreements among states without congressional consent.
And the larger question is whether states can effectively transform the presidential election system through an agreement that circumvents the constitutional amendment process.
The Supreme Court has never definitively ruled on this particular compact.
Pennsylvania: 19
Michigan: 15
Arizona: 11
Wisconsin: 10
Nevada: 6
Add those to the existing 222, and the compact would control 283 electoral votes.
Article II of the Constitution gives state legislatures the authority to determine how presidential electors are appointed. Supporters argue that states can exercise that authority collectively to guarantee that the national popular vote winner becomes president.
Article I contains the Compact Clause, which restricts certain agreements among states without congressional consent.
And the larger question is whether states can effectively transform the presidential election system through an agreement that circumvents the constitutional amendment process.
The Supreme Court has never definitively ruled on this particular compact.
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