@usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world • edit-214 hours agoWalz: ‘The Electoral College needs to go’thehill.commessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1638arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1632arrow-down1external-linkWalz: ‘The Electoral College needs to go’thehill.com@usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world • edit-214 hours agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@ryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink-3•7 hours agoOur 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.
minus-square@5in1k@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•7 hours agoI don’t care what it was meant to be. I really don’t. What it is is bullshit.
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.
I don’t care what it was meant to be. I really don’t. What it is is bullshit.