All eyes are on the Electoral College this week as former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump race—slowly—towards the 270-vote finish line.
Meanwhile, a group of states is trying to do away with the centuries-old structure and switch to a popular vote system ahead of future presidential races. The question is will Virginia join them?
Scrutiny was reignited in 2016 when Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College and, therefore, the presidency. This year, as unofficial results show Biden leading Trump by millions of overall votes, fresh criticism is emerging.
In the near future, Virginia’s General Assembly is expected to reconsider joining the coalition that could change how presidents are chosen. According to the movement’s website, 15 states have already committed to the compact pledging its share of electors to the candidate who wins a majority nationwide.
In other words–if the proposal wins approval–Virginia would award its 13 Electoral College votes to the country’s choice for president rather than the state’s.
US just turned Socialist Communist. The Democrats, High Tech and billionaires including Soros and Bloomberg pushed for mail in ballots to push their crooked ways. One person one vote does not include deceased, non citizens and voting in several states..
We are stuck with Communism rule and non democratic government.
US will never be a democracy again.
Just f’ing let them, they will get it one way or the other, and I don’t see you slaves racing to stop it… When they do, then when I say your vote doesn’t count, it will be 100% factually true!!! And how does your vote count anyway when it is the electoral college who picks the president??? Yeah you slaves never think about that do you????
The problem is that American patriots do not have another country to leave to!! this is it!! it’s pretty friggin obvious the marxist war is winning!! until people realize what is going on it will continue!! eliminating the electoral college is one significant step towards total tyranny
The Electoral college is NOT fair when California gets 55
votes & Maryland gets 3 !!!!
The purpose of the college was to make it fair for all states
Clearly is is NOT !!!
1st…Maryland gets 10 electoral votes. 1 each for each House of Representative member and 1 for each of then Senators. 2nd…the number of electoral votes is tied directly to population which is then tied to the # of members in the House each state gets.
Do away with the 2 party system first, then we can debate the electoral college vs. popular vote. As it stands now a popular vote will almost guarantee a democrat in office forever. I would be interested to see how the votes would shake out if it they were given out on a state by state basis still, but as a % of what the candidate one. So take MD for example….Biden carried it around 65-35 i think, so he would get 65% of the electoral votes and Trump would get 35%. I think that system still keeps the big blue states like CA and NY that will never vote red, from impacting the other 48 states, while also rewarding each candidate with a proportional amount of voters that each state represents.
How can you live on the Eastern Shore and be FOR the Electoral College? You do understand that with the Electoral College, your vote is completely cancelled out by Dems in Central Maryland, right? If we abolished the Electoral College and decide president solely on Popular Vote, your vote would actually mean something. Instead, you’re outnumbered by Democrats, so Maryland’s Electoral votes go to them no matter who you voted for.
As it stands, your vote in Maryland means nothing. Our elections aren’t decided by the country, they’re decided by people in swing states.
Do away with it because California gets Too Many votes
more than any other state , so does Penn / Florida !!!!
NOT FAIR AT ALL !!! Mail-In Ballots should be Illegal !!!
Democrats are Favored Too much all over America &
their states always Vote Blue !!!
New System needed or else !!!
Last election the Democrats wanted to get Rid of the college !!
Now, they Love it again !!!
GET RID OF THE COLLEGE !!!
Popular Vote is More Fair by far & needs to be DONE now !!!
Take the Too Much power away from the Democrats just like
they do to companys who get too big & Break up the Monopoly !!!
Kick out Radicals & Communist wanna-bes from Congress !!!