I’m the weirdo who thinks the IC should probably not be briefing the electoral college.
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The fact that it’s just for show is how we rationalize it being OK for there to be an EC to begin with.
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plenty of people have suddenly found religion about other undemocratic properties of the EC.
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being clear: I agree with you abt the consequence, but I find it ironic that the popular vote split doesn't trigger a legitimacy issue
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Oh, I’m not in favor of the EC! The EC is idiotic.
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right. It's just silly that people can say "the American ppl delivered an unprecedented, stunning rebuke" (~mandate) and also 1/
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say that if the EC not only split from the PV, but voted (legally) for someone else, it would trigger a legitimacy crisis. 2/
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it's just pretty WAT to me. Again, I agree it would be a legitimacy issue and don't think they should do it. Just annoying to see 3/
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Trump suffer no legitimacy costs for something that really *should* have some. 4/4
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dems the rules folks.
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I think if you overturned Nov 8 result in the EC, you’d have a majority of the country believing we had an illegit President.
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likely so, but "just for show" is ~ "state by state winner takes all"
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