"Literally zero people have made" the argument that the 2016 result discredits the Electoral College. Also: https://twitter.com/brianbeutler/status/1152663127873527809 …pic.twitter.com/Vy2LfaYMpY
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I edited point #2 to track my original article (some folks objected that the French system would qualify). Fact remains: progressive claim there are no possible counterarguments to a national popular vote, yet nearly every major democracy uses a different system than that.pic.twitter.com/ubXk7oRDRa
I'm content to rest on the American experience as validation for the American system. But if you argue that the American system is a uniquely bad form of government, you should look at what other democracies - less durable than our own - have done.
I remember the Obama & Clinton presidencies, & to some extent Carter. They were not characterized by widespread conservative agitation to change the rules by which presidents are elected.
I don't think you guys should ditch the EC, but FYI, Ireland chooses its head of state (not head of Government) by national popular vote.
Argument 2 is just blatantly false.
“It reduces the political benefits that accrue from voter suppression” is one hell of a take, too.
Hmm, I kinda think that France tends to be classified as a western democracy, so 2) is just blatantly false.
What if instead of a candidate getting all of a state’s electoral votes, they got the percentage they got in the popular vote in that state?
This man is paid for his punditry, folks.
1. Fallacy 2. Fallacy 3. No 4. No 5. No 6. No 7. No 8. No 9. It is very easy for this not to be the case 10. No
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