Election denier RepRaskin wants to protect our electoral system by destroying it, writes ZacharyFaria
Rep. Jamie Raskin is the latest Democrat to articulate this view. Raskin told CBS that the Electoral College has “become a danger.
But, even ignoring his track record, Raskin’s argument is absurd. The opinion of people in other countries about the Electoral College is irrelevant to what we should or shouldn’t do in our electoral system. Nor is his complaint about “five popular vote losers as president” relevant, since the popular vote does not matter. It does not exist in any real way, and, if it did, those “losers” would’ve campaigned differently.
Finally, the idea that the Electoral College somehow creates more opportunities for “strategic mischief” than a national popular vote would is ridiculous. Former President Donald Trump attempted to do exactly that after losing in 2020 and failed miserably because power over the Electoral College is so diluted that no one person could sabotage it. Trump attempted to pressure GOP politicians in Arizona and Georgia to rig the election in his favor.
A national popular vote would be far more chaotic and far more prone to “strategic mischief.” It would be easier to cheat by virtue of being centralized and depending only on the total ballot count from all states combined. It would be easier for foreign powers, such as Russia, to interfere, given that they would no longer have to navigate the natural complexities the Electoral College adds to our system, with all 50 states having their own rules and roles in the system.
And, if you think the Electoral College is what is sowing distrust in elections, imagine a presidential race that is undecided for nearly a month while California’s snaillike system slowly counts its millions of votes to add to the popular vote total. A national popular vote system would do far more to reduce trust in elections and fuel conspiracy theories.Of course, Raskin has no problem with that.
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