Harris leads Trump in polls, but remains an underdog due to the Electoral College

Then make plans to move out of the country. A close 2024 win for liberalism without solid leads in Congress means nothing but another nailbiter in 2028.

I don't even have a big board!

Polling is inherently problematic every time you see they polled "likely voters" as opposed to "registered voters".

If they're self selecting who they consider to be "likely", it's going to have a skewed result.

No. It’s not good. It means we are going to get screwed by the electoral college bullshit again.

The fact that it’s this close further erodes my faith in humanity. That’s not good.

Being motivated doesn't change 300 year old bullshit laws that remove the democratic power of of all but a handful of swing states voting.

I made a meme about you:

Lol, no... They'll try to do it again. If Trump is defeated, it will be despite the normal Democrat idiocy.

I'm very against Trump, but fuck the democrats. They're overconfident morons.

This is just a bandaid and the conservative justices on the supreme court will strike it down for some stupid reason.

99% of the problems stem from the house not getting bigger over the last 100 years.

There are in fact a couple of workarounds for this.

If Harris wins and Dems get enough majority control of both houses (enough to get around likely no votes from maverick Dems like Joe Manchin), then the Senate majority leader (Schumer) can lower the bar for a filibuster to a bare majority.

Then pass a new law appointing nine new Supreme Court justices. Harris nominates them and the Senate approves them.

Then pass a new federal law that requires the electoral vote of states to follow the nationwide popular vote, as per the Compact. You get the same effect without needing the States to sign on, and with the court packed the law hopefully will be able to withstand the challenges.

Plan B - if we really do need a constitutional amendment to fix this and abolish the Electoral College outright - then drop the filibuster as above, but then follow this plan https://www.vox.com/2020/1/14/21063591/modest-proposal-to-save-american-democracy-pack-the-union-harvard-law-review

Basically pass a law that allows each neighborhood of DC to be admitted in as a new state - so 127 in all - and with the new supermajority of states (and corresponding supermajorities in both Houses), pass whatever constitutional amendments are required.

Almost the whole house is up for reelection this November as well, so maybe at least that part can be handled.

"The right people" I see what you did there.

Cat doing my part! 💪😻

Cat theydie doing my part! 💪😻

Deep cover infiltration!

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em?

He's been pretty open about their not being another need to vote

how?

i was talking about electoral college. never heard a party receiving a majority vote losing in the first past the post system.

i was talking about general elections. usually the popular vote determines it, no matter where the votes come from. you're still talking about electoral college, not fptp.

what... that doesn't make any sense. did autocorrect fuck up your entire comment?