What if? It's the basis of many stories. We ask. We ponder. We wonder.
On Tuesdays I throw one out there. What if? It may be speculative. It may stem from something I see. It may be something I pull from the news.
Make of it what you will. If a for instance is not specified, interpret that instance as you wish. And if the idea turns into a story, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements 😉
Ah, election day. The day I am reminded how little my vote in California matters on the national level. (Which sucks, frankly. We're the most populous state. We have a huge economy that financially benefits the country as a whole. But in national elections, we're figuratively sneered at.)
Did you know there's already a plan in place to get around the Electoral College? It's called the National Popular Vote, and unsurprisingly, California is on board. Is your state?
What if we got enough states on board to do away with the Electoral College?
I don't know that that would ever happen. Too many people stuck in that "it's just the way it's always been done" bubble. I do wonder what my vote counts for.
ReplyDeleteI would be thrilled if it happened.
ReplyDeletePopular vote is the way to go. It's fair. In my state we're voting on going to ranked voting. I don't know much about it. We wouldn't have to vote for more than one, we wouldn't be forced to pick a second choice. Some local elections in all the west coasts states do ranked voting. I looked up a map, and the states that ban it altogether are the very reddest ones. That tells me they're afraid of something!
ReplyDeleteI would be all for it.
ReplyDeleteThe electoral college need to go. So outdated.
ReplyDeleteI had just heard of this a couple of weeks ago (on, of all things, the Daily Show. Not good when you have to get news on a comedy show.) I have a little familiarity with interstate compacts in another context (related to my work). The electoral college should have been eliminated years ago.
ReplyDeleteI think that would be great, and maybe more people would actually care enough to vote.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I am.not really sure what the electoral college is.
ReplyDeleteThe American electoral college system is indeed unique. In a sense it doesn't reflect the popular sentiment or choice. And I have been reading that there is a movement to get ride of this and replace it with something that is more representative.
ReplyDeleteEven the British model -- the first past the post system -- that India has isn't without flaws. The party that has got the maximum number of votes very often doesn' have the support of the a majority of people. More than 50% of people would have voted for some other party!
I find the French and Australian systems -- proportional representation system with a runoffs -- a bit more closer to reality in terms of the choices people make.