Electoral college reform on details is fine, but opposing the principle with "HRC won popular vote" = definition of tyranny of majority
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Replying to @vgr
We may well be soon threatened by tyranny of the minority, but that's no reason to regress to tyranny of the majority
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Replying to @vgr
but when EC votes are tied to their state's popular vote, they're not autonomous. They're localized distortions of the national vote
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I would agree if electors could vote individual conscience. But if they're legally tied to their state's popular vote, then they /1
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If you break that tie to popular vote you're effectively arguing for oligarchy/feudalism and pop vote as merely advisory
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