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MichMan

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12. The Popular Vote Compact still has some states still playing by EC rules, doesn't it?

Reply to W_HAMILTON (Reply #10)

Fri May 9, 2025, 11:30 AM

May 9

Right now, all states are playing by the same rules. The PVC would only apply to states that passed it. That's assuming it is found to be constitutional in the first place.

How would adopting it now handicap Blue states? Their EC votes are already all going to the Democratic candidate anyway. It would only come into play if they were forced to usurp the will of their voters and award their EC votes to a candidate that lost their state. Which is why it is a dumb idea.

Red states aren't going to vote for it, so it won't change their EC votes anyway, thus making it a moot point. What is does do is disenfranchise a state's voters based on what happened in the other 49 states.

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Has popular vote compact support died out? [View all] madville May 9 OP

I am guessing that it isn't high in the priority list right now. 33taw May 9 #1

Along with abolishing the filibuster MichMan May 9 #2

I am willing to admit it RJ-MacReady May 9 #3

I Have Always Opposed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact PBC_Democrat May 9 #4

Bill Maher is smart?? He is opinionated and he has a platform karynnj May 9 #6

These positions are not issues we win on ... PBC_Democrat May 9 #11

There are SOOOOO many real issues that we are on the right side of ... PBC_Democrat May 9 #13

It would not kick in until states with enough electoral votes ageee karynnj May 9 #5

"It would not kick in until states with enough electoral votes ageee" MichMan May 9 #7

I strongly disagree although I almost always agree with you karynnj May 9 #9

Yeah, no. W_HAMILTON May 9 #10

The Popular Vote Compact still has some states still playing by EC rules, doesn't it? MichMan May 9 #12

Each state is already allowed to decide how it wants to appoint its electors. W_HAMILTON May 9 #14

Which is why I suggested states could on their own change how they apportion EC votes MichMan May 9 #16

Trump would have won regardless of what rule was in place in 2024, but he would have lost in 2016 if the popular vote... W_HAMILTON May 9 #8

GQP states will never go along with this because Electoral College gives them a built-in advantage groundloop May 9 #15