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If this actually does pass the tipping point, nobody will even be counting electors any more, they will only be counting the popular vote. The electors will be considered just a formality.


Vote counts will still be reported at every level, but electors will all cast their votes for the national popular vote winner.

It will be easy enough to note which states' vote counts favor candidate B, despite the national popular vote favoring candidate A.

As parent says, that's the design, but I'm sure there will be upset people in those states.


Well, yeah, people who don't like the winning candidate will be upset. Perhaps some people will be upset that the preferred candidate in their household, neighborhood, city, county, or state didn't win. I don't see how this is an effective argument against this policy.


> As parent says, that's the design, but I'm sure there will be upset people in those states.

There are people upset with the plurality winner getting all the states votes, too.


Not to mention a plurality of voters in the entire country in 2000 and 2016.




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