I think enough Dems hate the EC that even if it advantaged them they’d be happy to go with a grand deal to abolish it if it came to it.
But in a PV/EC split that favours the Dems, I fear that the Republican solution will be to refuse to certify key states that they control on the state level…
I know that this isn’t a policy debate thread, but this makes me wonder. For those of you that believe in abolishing the EC, would you be open to any of the following:
1) making the EC less volatile by either awarding 2 EV’s per state and 1 EV per congressional district (perhaps in a post-gerrymandering situation), or awarding 2 per state and (N-2) * popular vote share in each state
2) using a pure popular vote system and adding 2 at-large confessional seats per state so the house and the presidency switch places but we maintain one system decided by the collective country, one decided by states, and one decided by a combination as is the case currently
Or do you fully reject the idea that states should have any power in electing officials?
