The 2026 blue wave could end up washing away the Electoral College. In addition to winning Congress, Democrats won full control of state governments in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. That means that a two-decades-in-the-making plan to switch our presidential elections to a popular vote system — a plan 18 states have already approved— […]

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    8 hours ago

    that for all its flaws, actually works

    Yeah, right

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      7 hours ago

      I think he meant in a technical way, whereas a mutistate compact could go kablooey mid-election if it didn’t have standards and such.

      Not that the EC “works” like it’s preferable