Poll: Should the Electoral College be replaced by popular vote in Presidential Elections? (members only)

[HootOwl]

I'm for awarding of electors by congressional district also.

Had this been in effect in 1960, Nixon would have ben elected President.  A state that wanted to, can appropriate its electors however it sees fit(e.g. Maine).

[Doug Loss]

Can a state bind its electors according to the results of a vote in another state? 

Let's say Arizona casts more votes for candidate X than for candidate Y.   California votes Y over X instead.  Can AZ assign their electoral votes to candidate Y instead of X because of the way the vote went in CA?

My guess (and it's just a guess) is that the Arizona legislature could choose electors based on California's vote if it wanted to, providing that it hadn't held a vote among its own citizens for electors.  If it had held such a vote, it would be subject to all sorts of federal lawsuits if it threw out the results of that vote and decided to award the electors on some other criterion.

[Cyber Liberty]

My guess (and it's just a guess) is that the Arizona legislature could choose electors based on California's vote if it wanted to, providing that it hadn't held a vote among its own citizens for electors.  If it had held such a vote, it would be subject to all sorts of federal lawsuits if it threw out the results of that vote and decided to award the electors on some other criterion.

I agree with that, especially the bold part, 110%.  And, I don't envision a state legislature voting for such a scheme.

[Cyber Liberty]

Had this been in effect in 1960, Nixon would have ben elected President.  A state that wanted to, can appropriate its electors however it sees fit(e.g. Maine).

Interesting.  Is there a study?

[txradioguy]

Ummm...no.

It's there for a reason.

Unless of course you want to give up hope of seeing a Republican in the Oval Office again.

[Chosen Daughter]

That the EC elects Presidents is a huge non-issue.


Since 1876 it has happened ONCE, one single time, that a President has won the EC and lost the popular vote. One single time!


If you're running for office you better go for the popular vote because you are basically extremely unlikely to win the President and lose the popular vote.


Remember that BC won twice without winning the majority popular vote and I didn't see any liberals complaining then.

Democrats loose an election and all of a sudden we need to change our election process?

NO!  Its that way for a reason.