Timothy Birdnow

The Democrats are starting to realize their only chance at future power is to circumvent the votes of the People and support the Electoral College.Strange; they hated it until now. Suddenly the National Popular Vote Compact is crumbling.

Is this the Beginning of the Enf of the National Popular Vote Compact?

Maine is withdrawing from the compact, which compelled the member states to cast their electoral votes for whoever won the popular vote nationwide.

It seemed like a good idea to Democrats who lost a tight race in 2000 and again in 2016 despite winning the popular vote (allegedly; I suspect they stole it in both cases.) They had been building a huge vote fraud machine for decades. In fact, Joe Biden admitted as much, once saying "We've built the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud machine in history". Naturally the media called it "out of context" and "a gaffe" at worst, a slip of the tongue. It was a slip; Biden, whose mind was turning to mush, was admitting the truth. He no doubt forgot who he was speaking to and thought it was a closed-door meeting where he could be candid.

At any rate eliminating the Electoral College seemed a solid idea. But Trump winning both votes has thrown a monkey wrench into everything. It also is showing that America is moving away from the Democratic Party and that means they will need the EC to win in the future as the popular vote deserts them. Oh, and given the reforms Trump is putting in place stealing vottes won't be so easy as it once was.

Eventually you will hear the Democtrat praising the Electoral College and speaking about the brilliance of the Founding Fathers in putting it in place. And they would be right but their motives are bad.

The Electoral College was put in place as part of Federalism; it gave all states fairer representation. At the time of the founding of the country Virginia would simply dominate national politics without the EC. But since this empowers smaller states (as does the rule of two Senators per state) there is more diversity in Washington (something the Democrats pretend they love but actually hate.) It also offers an opportunity to correct a mistake by the public; the public only votes for the slate of electors, and even then it's not REQUIRED there be a vote in the Constitution. As late as 1860 South Carolina held no popular vote, but the candidate who won was elected by a vote of the state legislature. Electors are supposed to be substanial personages, well respected and sober, and they were entrusted with veto power over the public if the need should arise. But of course that power has never been exercised and in fact it's now illegal in many staes to be a "faithless elector". But it wasn't intended to be that way.

So maybe we should call their bluff and begin calling for an end to the Electoral College, just to watch the Democrats do a 180 and fight to keep it alive!

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