John Thune "It’s harder to hack 50 election systems than it is to hack one," he added. "So it, in my view, at least, that’s always a system that’s worked pretty well."
Trump keeps attacking state elections and trying to get control of them so he can break a system that works. Polls and recent elections show Rs will lose the House and maybe Senate in 2026.
A major reason there is an Electoral College was that in the late 1700s there was no way to count the votes of each person in time ... so, a delegate was used to cast a vote for a block of voters based on what the majority of the people in their block wanted. Win some, lose some method. The assumption was that votes would balance out and the will of the little people would win out over the will of the chosen delegates. But, politicians have abused that method to give delegates the choice over the people.
It isn't the 1700s now. For years now, individual votes are counted at speeds unimaginable in 1776. The world has evolved a long way since.
Eliminate the Electoral College and a lot of the political manipulations go away, because, as Thune stated, "It’s harder to hack 50 election systems than it is to hack one." But, change 50 election systems to 150 million voters, then hacking is impossible, at least for the foreseeable future.
That may have been a reason, but it isn't the only one.
In the late 1700s, the most populous states were Virginia and Pennsylvania.
EC kept those states from dominating smaller states such as South Carolina and Rhode Island.
Today it keeps California and New York from disenfranchising Wyoming.
Nope. So I looked it up. Apparently it refers to the unkept promises from the Obama admin. Seems the admin made several promises in 2009-2010 for a major infrastructure push that never happened.
Another thing shared by each party. Promises made but never kept
Also, an infrastructure bill was in fact passed during the Obama administration:
A major reason there is an Electoral College was that in the late 1700s there was no way to count the votes of each person in time ... so, a delegate was used to cast a vote for a block of voters based on what the majority of the people in their block wanted. Win some, lose some method. The assumption was that votes would balance out and the will of the little people would win out over the will of the chosen delegates. But, politicians have abused that method to give delegates the choice over the people.
It isn't the 1700s now. For years now, individual votes are counted at speeds unimaginable in 1776. The world has evolved a long way since.
Eliminate the Electoral College and a lot of the political manipulations go away, because, as Thune stated, "It’s harder to hack 50 election systems than it is to hack one." But, change 50 election systems to 150 million voters, then hacking is impossible, at least for the foreseeable future.
That may have been a reason, but it isn't the only one.
In the late 1700s, the most populous states were Virginia and Pennsylvania.
EC kept those states from dominating smaller states such as South Carolina and Rhode Island.
Today it keeps California and New York from disenfranchising Wyoming.
Senate, with an equal number of representatives from each state, is the mitigation for that, not the EC.
Kirk said many racist things. "If I see a black pilot, I'm gonna be like boy I hope he's qualified. " "Islam is not compatible with western civilization" Many other gems too
Feb 2025 🟥 Donald Trump: 58% 🟦 Joe Biden: 42% Jan 2026 🟦 Joe Biden: 51% 🟥 Donald Trump: 49% Harvard/Harris Poll, January 28-29
Someone might reflexively bleat about bias, but was it biased in Feb 2025? (Of course, some troll will now try, “yeah, because an honest poll would’ve said 90/10.”)
Today @CatoInstitute published our report providing the first look at the fiscal effects of the wave of legal & illegal immigration over the last 3 decades. It shows immigrants created surpluses every year, by a combined $14.5 trillion, even as deficits grew pic.twitter.com/0HHFZWvtwN
— I’d like to see more about the legal/illegal divide on this
— I still believe it’s important to deport violent criminals and have better border security
— I would like to see a stronger set of refutations of other analyses (e.g., the claims of $68,000 costs, not Stephen Millier’s outlandish “million dollars” lie).
Feb 2025 🟥 Donald Trump: 58% 🟦 Joe Biden: 42% Jan 2026 🟦 Joe Biden: 51% 🟥 Donald Trump: 49% Harvard/Harris Poll, January 28-29
Someone might reflexively bleat about bias, but was it biased in Feb 2025? (Of course, some troll will now try, “yeah, because an honest poll would’ve said 90/10.”)
Nobody believes polls anymore. Also, joe biden wasn't doing Shizz. It was his handlers, like ron klain.
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