By Chelsea Janes Chelsea Janes Reporter covering the 2020 presidential campaign Email Bio Follow April 1 at 10:00 AM Pete Buttigieg wants to abolish the electoral college. Sen. Elizabeth Warren hopes to ban gerrymandering. Sen. Cory Booker talks about limiting terms for Supreme Court justices. Beto O’Rourke is weighing an expansion of the high court.
Trump’s willingness to flout long-standing rules has prompted Democrats to look for their own ways to reshape the system. Democrats and Republicans are also waging a state-by-state battle over voting logistics, including what kind of ID to require and when to purge electoral rolls. Democrats accuse Republicans of suppressing votes; GOP leaders say Democrats are protecting electoral fraud.
Republicans say the electoral college rightly preserves the influence of small states; Democrats warn that if presidents regularly win with a minority of the vote, Americans will reject the system as unfair. Democrats have also become increasingly impatient with partisan gerrymandering, the process of redrawing district lines to benefit one party. It’s a practice both parties have used to their advantage, but Republicans have benefited more in recent years with majority control of more state governments.
Other ideas abound, such as lowering the voting age to 16, a proposal supported by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard , among others. “I don’t think we’re going to change the electoral college. I don’t think we’re going to pack the courts. That’s not going to happen,” Dorgan said. “So it’s interesting to hear the discussion, but I think it detracts from the message that matters most.”“I think President Trump is going to take full advantage of these ideas as examples of being too far to the left and being too far out of the mainstream,” Daschle said. “Ironically, him making that charge would be — interesting.
Term limits would be a great start to change
They are saying No borders No cars No planes No cows No electricity etc....
End the undemocratic Electoral College system.
all these people calling america a democracy in the comments smh. democracy is tyranical mob rule by the majority. we don't want that. no one wants that. no democracy has lasted very long. america is a republic, which allows the rights of the individual to be protected.
They’re saying “make America a true representative democracy” which is something that’s really difficult to argue against with any honesty
How about letting the person who wins the most states instead of popular over poputaled method we use now? Simple win 26 states and your the new president
It's like they never even read the Constitution. Let alone understand it. It takes 2/3 of Congress and 3/4 of the states to change the Constitution. That's not going to happen.
NorwichBulletin Not gonna happen
At some point, the majority will reach a breaking point with institutions that perpetuate the minority rule. Perhaps we can file a “taxation without representation” lawsuit given that a small percentage of the country somehow elects the majority of legislators.
We are not a 'frustrated base.'
Or we could just stop pretending that justices are not political actors, impose term limits and nominate an equal number on each side requiring some sort of concensus. The status quo is long past its sell by date.
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When you think the left can't stoop any lower, all you need to do is wait for a new article from Washington Post's National Socialists.
This has become their standard MO. If something doesn't go their way they change the rules. Electoral loss? Get rid of the Electoral College. Supreme court doesn't rule the way they want? Expand the Supreme Court and stack.with Liberals. President they don't like? Impeach him.
The Democratic nominee must pledge to pack the court. No exceptions. It’s impossible that a minority decides for the majority. We need Citizens United repealed and a permanent “assault” weapons ban.
France had changed its constitution few times to make it congruent with the evolution of its society: this is is democracy. Democracy is a process. Democracy evolves.❤️
News for the Democrats. The electoral college was put in place to ensure everyone has an equal voice & we are not controlled by what a few radical states may want. Further our forefathers put their own wants & desires aside when building a system that was for all & not a few!
The electoral college is fair It means that every STATE get a say so in who becomes president If you got ride of the electoral college 3 or 4 big states like California, New York and Texas could pick the president by them Who want that
Sorry. This Anti-American lawlessness is almost about over. All of you socialist communist are gonna have your day in court soon. Treason Sedition Subversion Espionage to overthrow a sitting POTUS No need to worry the Americans are awakened to the bullshit as POTUS45 says.
You must have an electoral college otherwise you have a few regions of the country ruling us all. You are very foolish not to recognize this truth.
As long as you're a Democrat or a liberal you don't.. Get prosecuted for hate crimes. Resign for sexual assualt. Held accountable for being racist. Get your academic credentials stripped for parents cheating or bribery. Get censored for threats, lies, or racial slurs.
Yes! Kill the electoral college which should kill gerrymandering making EVERYONE'S vote count
Democrats want.. Open borders. Infanticide. Your money. To be given to those who don't want to work. Complete gun ban. Socialism. Decriminalization of gangs, human trafficking, drugs, etc. Robert O'Rourke wants to make DUI's great again.
Yeah. We imported 50 million socialists the past 50 years and now the country is completely different and the socialist Democratic Party wants to make America like Venezuela. We know that already.
This is the worst kind of political journalism. No discussion of the merits. Just parroting politicians. The GOP only exists, lacking any good arguments, because of substance-free reporting like this.
Why not 'stack' the courts? That's precisely what has been for 2 + years by Turtle McConnell and the Imposter ( aka Big Ass Ham) Chief Executive.
Muh simpleton mobjority rule!!!
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