today's YouGov poll on the electoral college

[everyonematters]

Choose the president using popular vote, not the electoral college.
reg. voters:
favor 58%
oppose 26%

Democrats need to start running on this, and we should eventually get the electoral college eliminated.

[Wednesdays]

1. It will require a Constitutional Amendment.

That is a huge hill to climb.

But not impossible.

[Martin Eden]

2. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is more doable than Constitutional Amendment

18 states have signed on, but it's still 48 EC short of the needed 270.

[WSHazel]

3. Expand the House of Representatives

Expand Congress to 500,000 people per House member. It is currently roughly 761,000. Increasing the size of the House would greatly dilute the impact of small states in the Electoral College, and could be done with a simple law change.

[Dawson Leery]

4. kick

[ck4829]

5. The electoral clown college is one of this country's biggest jokes