Trump: "I used to like the idea of the Popular Vote, but now realize the Electoral College is..."

[Miles Archer]

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Campaigning for the Popular Vote is much easier & different than campaigning for the Electoral College. It’s like training for the 100 yard dash vs. a marathon. The brilliance of the Electoral College is that you must go to many States to win. With the Popular Vote, you go to....

7:05 PM - 19 Mar 2019

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....just the large States - the Cities would end up running the Country. Smaller States & the entire Midwest would end up losing all power - & we can’t let that happen. I used to like the idea of the Popular Vote, but now realize the Electoral College is far better for the U.S.A.

7:17 PM - 19 Mar 2019

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[VMA131Marine]

1. Translation:

"There's no way I can win re-election if it's based on the popular vote!"

[Chin music]

5. And , like jurors, they can be paid off.

[rufus dog]

6. Other translation

The rigged system benefits me and Republicans so I am OK with the rigged system.

If CA was a Red State and WYO was a Blue State this would have been corrected decades ago.

[Va Lefty]

11. This post!👍

[Renew Deal]

2. Unsurprisingly, he's wrong about where people campaign

Candidates will have to campaign everywhere, not just Ohio and Florida.

Changing the EC will not happen any time soon.

[AlexSFCA]

3. No, it's better for him, not the USA

Big cities would not be running the country if popular vote replaces electoral college. Each of those states will still have two senators. Congress makes laws not president. President should represent the majority not the electoral college. Campaigning for popular vote is much harder, a lot more people would vote in such system as each and every vote would truly matter.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. "Hillary won the popular vote so it's fake and the EV is better."

[apnu]

7. That's what Congress is for you fucking moron. (nt)

[Codeine]

8. Odd that a few folks here at DU

are pushing the same line.

[Chin music]

10. Honestly.

And a FEW have extremely(?) high post counts. High post counts, seem to legitimize some P.O.V. here that seem to be, well, cringe/fringe. Having said that, it was nice knowing you guys. Heh heh.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. Well, sure. It's a racist institution; of course he'd support it -- once he understood it.

[Poiuyt]

12. Bullshit

With the electoral college, candidates only go to a few swing states

[PSPS]

13. While you're eliminating the EC, aolish the Senate too. Most people live in just a few states.

I read somewhere that 80% of the US population lives in large cities with that figure going to 90% before long. As long as each state, some with entire state populations far less than a large city, gets the same two senators as all the other states, we're doomed to live in a society overly-influenced by rural largely-uneducated bumpkins.

John Dingell had it right. We should abolish the Senate.

[moondust]

14. EC made more sense 200 years ago.

Before mass media saturation coverage, candidates had to campaign more in person. No doubt newspapers had some coverage but probably not extensive particularly if there were multiple candidates.

Today I'm not sure much in-person campaigning is even necessary since every candidate's views and background can be easily examined from anywhere in the world via television and Internet. Of course campaigning in person may still provide some(?) economic boost to campaign stops.

Representative government's job is to serve the majority of its citizens--and that includes providing services as needed to rural areas that supply cities with food, wood products, minerals, wind energy, etc. Even politicians elected by large population centers need to be mindful of the needs of rural areas.