Elections
Do You Support Abolishing the Electoral College?
Do You Support Abolishing the Electoral College?
Here’s the Scoop
In a striking reflection of a nation’s evolving political conscience, a new Pew Research Center survey reveals that a robust 65% of Americans are advocating for a seismic shift in presidential election methodology – moving from the Electoral College to a national popular vote system.
This sentiment underscores a growing discontent with an electoral mechanism that has, in notable instances such as the 2000 and 2016 elections, crowned presidents who did not secure the popular vote.
This clamor for change is not just a fleeting sentiment but a consistent trend, with public opinion largely unchanged from last year, yet notably higher than in previous years.
The divide across party lines is stark: a vast majority of Democrats and Democratic leaners (82%) support this transition, contrasting with the Republican camp, where opinion is split – 52% cling to the traditional system, while 47% are aligning with the idea of a popular vote.
This polarized landscape raises a crucial question for our readers: Do you believe it’s time to overhaul the venerable Electoral College in favor of a direct popular vote for the presidency?
Such a change could redefine the very framework of American democracy. As the nation grapples with this pivotal issue, your voice is more important than ever.
Cast your vote and weigh in on the future of how America elects its presidents.
What do you think? Let us know by participating in our poll, or join the discussion in the comment section below!
Wyatt Earp
November 19, 2023 at 9:42 am
Why? It not a fair system! But state with more than other should not have more power! California should lose over 100 elections vote due to losing citizenship! Same gone for New York! That what the election college was base on! With the 13 Colony having the most! But even these Northern blue state need to have their change as well! Less people less you should have as elections college.
Ralph
November 22, 2023 at 12:01 pm
Calm down. Your post makes no sense. The electoral college was/is a brilliant idea. Without it we would not be a republic. The mob rule would be the death of the nation.
Weasler
November 22, 2023 at 7:02 am
Here we go again. When will they ever learn?
The Electoral College is mandated in the US Constitution. The only way one could remove the Electoral College is through a constitutional amendment. A constitutional amendment requires (among other things) approval by 3/4ths of the states, and there is no way on earth that the smaller states will ever support the abolition of the Electoral College. Therefore, the Electoral College will never ever be removed.
Get it now?
Don
November 22, 2023 at 7:10 am
Exactly…the electoral college was put in place to give smaller population states an equal say in federal elections so the commies can shove it.
bruce borgert
November 22, 2023 at 9:51 am
Absolutely true, but our founding fathers who wrote the constitution did not foresee an extreme Socialist government manipulating votes. The idea of majority party vote over riding a personal vote (as in California) where the southern half has a larger population than the northern, we basically lose our constitutional right to vote. Example 2020 election: South voted for Biden welfare with more voters, and North voted for Trump with less votes so our votes were changed to reflect state dominant southern voters dictate. We know who was selected and look at the mess that was made.
JPAT
November 22, 2023 at 4:50 pm
BINGO, TOO BAD OUR BRAIN DEAD/LOW INFORMATION/UNINFORMED CITIZENS CANNOT SEE THE BRILLIANCE OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS! THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS THAT THEY DID NOT ALSO INCLUDE TERM LIMITS WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE DESPICABLE STATE OF OUR NATION CAUSED BY BOTH PARTIES, BUT MORE SO BY THE HATEFUL DEMOCRATS WHO TRULY HATE OUR NATION & WE THE PEOPLE! BUT THE FOUNDERS NEVER IMAGINED THE CORRUPTION OUR POL’S HAVE EVOLVED INTO! AND ADD TO THAT OUR NATION & WE THE PEOPLES WORST ENEMY OUR MEDIA WHO SICKEN ME EACH & EVERY DAY THEY BROADCAST THEIR BSHT LIES!
Linda Hartley
November 22, 2023 at 7:12 pm
Term Limits would be an excellent addition — surprised the Founding Fathers didn’t think of that!
George43
November 23, 2023 at 5:49 pm
The Founders never anticipated career politicians polluting the government. They envisioned a system where a person would return to their former career once they had given service to the country through elected office. Yes, term limits are necessary to bring some sense of sanity back to government.
Mary Geiger
November 22, 2023 at 7:08 am
Sixty five percent of people are clamoring for a popular vote. Why would they think that’s more fair? Will people then start clamoring to have their state boundaries changed as they do now with their districts when they feel they don’t have the voting power? Leave our electoral process alone.
Tarheel
November 22, 2023 at 7:33 am
Well if the people want New York and Los Angeles deciding who our next president is,….go for the popular vote. Everyone else will have no say. It’s the very reason we have the electoral college, so smaller states with less population would have a dog in the fight. Democrats were one time all about the little guy. They also know their large metro areas are filled with government beggars that produce very little while extracting huge sums from the social programs democrats support for their re-elections.
alfalfa
November 22, 2023 at 6:46 pm
If we did not have a bunch of cheaters and illegal ballots and the votes are honest votes we have the best thing going for a fair election. It has been proven over and over that the 2020 election was full of fake ballots that were counted and had no way to take them back. Automation was put in place to purposely allow cheating.
We no longer have honest people running the election process. We need honest vote checkers at the poles. We also need better politicians in office that put America first, instead they put themselves first and the hell with the people that put them in office. All they want is money, money and more money. America means nothing to them. We have trillions of dollars that can not be justified from the DOD and billions more from other government agencies like education and so-called green projects.
George O Short Jr
November 22, 2023 at 8:29 pm
Why change a system that has worked so well?
Alton
November 24, 2023 at 7:02 am
If we didn’t have it, we would already be speaking Chinese.