Tuesday, December 17, 2024

When Democrats lose, they try and change the rules

About a month after President-elect Donald Trump emerged victorious in the 2024 presidential election, three Democratic legislators have introduced a constitutional amendment that would abolish the Electoral College if passed. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii,) Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) have voiced concerns about the fact that, in the past two decades, the Electoral College has allowed for the election of a candidate who did not win the popular vote on two separate occasions: George W. Bush in the 2000 election and Trump in the 2016 election. Both of these candidates were from the Republican Party. However, Trump still would have won the 2024 presidential election even if the winner was decided by popular vote, as he garnered roughly 2 million more votes than his Democratic counterpart, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Posted by boaz at 04:16 PM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink

Comments

Until Democrats realize what the American people really want, they will continue to lose..

#1 | Posted by boaz at 2024-12-17 05:59 PM

Putin's butt ---- comes out against the electoral college.

www.washingtonpost.com

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-17 06:13 PM

JFC.. GFY with this BS.

Do you know how many laws that affected this election were passed after the last election?

Republican state legislatives pushed to restrict voting and undermine faith in elections at a near-record pace after the last election all over the country, you know ... driven by Trumpy's election denier movement.

At least 11 states enacted 13 restrictive laws.

At least four states enacted five election interference laws.

There are probably more.

To be fair many expansive voting laws were also passed.

And so it goes ...

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-12-17 07:00 PM

We all knew MAGAts were horrible sore losers, but that pales in comparison to how badly they take winning.

#4 | Posted by YAV at 2024-12-17 07:09 PM

Until Democrats realize what the American people really want, they will continue to lose..

#1 | Posted by boaz

Until you go back to fourth grade and learn basic math, your opinion is relevant.

You're not "the American people" you stupid twit. Never were, never will be.

#5 | Posted by jpw at 2024-12-18 09:02 AM

#5,

The election says different.

#6 | Posted by boaz at 2024-12-18 09:30 AM

---- off you stupid country bumpkin.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-18 10:44 AM

The frustrations about the Electoral college are more about the unfairness of the system that gives voters in small population states far more power to effect due to the fact that every state regardless of population gets two Senators and the number of electorsa state has is the mumbr of Senators and Representatives in the House combined which benefits small population states in Presidential election outcomes more than voters in much larger population states. Not the same thing as restricting ballot access with a racial bias which is what Republicans do every time they lose a Presidential election.

#8 | Posted by danni at 2024-12-18 11:04 AM

Yeah this headline is a farce after watching Georgia change voting rules left and right after Biden won in 2020 and states change legislature rules after democrats win.

The south wanted a system where their slaves, while they could not vote, could still be counted towards the number of electors a state has otherwise the northern states would dominate the south based on population.

#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-12-18 12:35 PM

The election says different.

#6 | POSTED BY BOAZ

No, dumb f%^*, it doesn't.

Did they not teach you math in your federal jobs program?

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2024-12-18 12:50 PM

Good luck with trying to amend the US Constitution: ; )

"To amend the U.S. Constitution, an amendment can be proposed either by a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures. After proposal, the amendment must be ratified by three-fourths of the states (38 out of 50) to become part of the Constitution."

#11 | Posted by MSgt at 2024-12-18 02:16 PM

Good luck with trying to amend the US Constitution

Which is why it was a stupid idea to begin with.

#12 | Posted by jpw at 2024-12-18 06:48 PM

Until Democrats realize what the American people really want, they will continue to lose..

#1 | Posted by boaz

"The American people" want a lot of different things. Even just among conservatives. It's pretty arrogant of you to believe your views are the same as a majority of all Americans.

For example, a majority of Americans support stronger gun regulation, some sort of universal healthcare, and abortion rights. All things you generally oppose.

#13 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2024-12-20 04:08 PM

they will continue to lose..

They have now lost one in a row and won three of the last five. It's not like they are on a chronic losing streak.

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-20 04:15 PM

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