Will Trump pounce on the Electoral College next?

The only change I would like to see is the EC vote in accordance with the popular vote of that individual State or Commonwealth. For Example, if a State or Commonwealth has 12 EC's and Candidate A has 50% of the poplular vote, Candidate B has 40% and Candidate C has 10% of the vote - than each candidate would would receive a corresponding EC based on congressional districts and the the candidate who receives the most votes would pick up the two "Senate EC" votes.

Here is the problem with a straight popular vote. A candidate would only have to win about 20 of the largest cities in the US ( NY, LA, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, ect) to win. States such as the Dakotas, Iowa, Montana, ect, would never see a candidate

 

The population of NY City is larger than each of 13 of the smallest States/Commowealths. So tell me how the rural areas of the US can complete against NY City - let alone the other top 20 population cities?

NY City, along with the 5 Upstate large cities will normally decided who takes the EC of NY State.

 

From my POV, Mr. Trump failed to do the proper due diligence into the electoral laws and practices of the various states. For example, Wyoming's Republicans (from what I heard) had their procedures in place for over two years. Other states Mr. Trump has complained about have had their procedure in place for just as long. Nobody came up with arcane rules just for him. I think the media's emphasis on the primaries and the Iowa caucus lulled him into a false view of the process. Without a decent team, he got blind sided.

 

And this is what the "get rid of the electoral college" crowd doesn't seem to understand. Without the EC the 10 or so largest population centers, which all tend to be left wing, would control the entire electoral process for the only nationally elected office in our Republic. The 10 largest population centers would have total control over the means of production of all food products as well as both industry and agriculture which benefits from an extensive waterway system that includes the Great Lakes and the drainage basins of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers in the heartland. Navigation is improved by hundreds of canals, locks, and dams, which also improve flood control and generate hydroelectricity. Water transportation moves millions of tons of iron ore and coal to steel mills and other heavy industries.

What the "do away with the EC" crowd doesn't seem to comprehend is that without the EC the means of production would be controlled by the 10 major population centers' elected government personnel, and that, my friend, is the very definition of "Democratic Socialism."

The EC is the last bastion of protection against radical Socialism in this country, and that is exactly why the founding fathers put it in place!

I really wish these people would learn something about how our Democratic Republic form of government actually works!

 

I agree. Especially about election of Senators. When our Constitution was drafted Senators were not intended to represent the people. They were intended to represent the states and thus were elected by the state representatives. And the popular election of Senators is one of the reasons the 10th amendment has been gutted, and federalism has overwhelmed our country.

Prior to the Civil War (the death knell of our nation) the United States was referred to with the plural verb "are." "The United States are . . . " Since the Civil War the singular verb is used. "The United States is a country . . . . "

We are no longer a collection of sovereign states united in common cause. We are now a dictatorship of a bloated federal bureaucracy controlling every aspect of our lives.

 

Or is it they fully understand the EC and want to use it to their advantage????