Walz: ‘The Electoral College needs to go’ - eviltoast

As governor he got his state signed on to the national popular vote interstate compact

  • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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    This isn’t direct democracy, we aren’t voting on every issue that would otherwise come across the presidents desk. We are still electing representatives to make decisions on our behalf.

    We are still a federation of states (federalist) represented by elected decision making leaders (Republic).

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      Our current system is far more direct than intended. The masses weren’t supposed to pick senators and presidents, that isolated from populist candidates. Leaning even harder to systems vulnerable to populism is a poor choice.

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        I don’t care what it was meant to be. I really don’t. What it is is bullshit.