Pre-ordered on Amazon! Waiting eagerly as I so much love your channel and the important work you’re doing to salvage democracy from the jaws of Republican corruption, greed and insanity! “Say not the struggle naught availeth!”
I can’t believe those judges that led the 6-3 “Immunity” decision are still in the court!?! It’s unconstitutional and yet they still sit on the court? Unreal!
Amen... But if we eliminate the EC, the Republican's would probably win a lot less elections, which is OK for me, and is why I don't see it ever happening.
@@TomLongone Rather than a term limit, might it be better to establish a mandatory retirement age? Remember, lifetime appointments were intended to provide stability to our laws, to prevent the interpretation of our constitution from changing every time the majority shifts from liberal to conservative and back again, to give some dependability to the rules we live by. We have to remember that the Court is often guilty of “legislating”, I.e., twisting the constitution to fit a predetermined outcome. I believe they could come up with an argument that the sky is green, if that suited their purpose. Long-term appointments help to reduce their ability to constantly twist the meaning of our constitution. A so-called “living constitution” is not a good thing. Amending it was deliberately made difficult so that we could count upon stability. If the rules need to be changed, then they should be changed, but only by the amendment process, not by the whims of a constantly changing court and its interpretation of its “living constitution”.
If Trump doesn't insult your intelligence you probably don't have ANY. Trump is rotten to the core. His brazen hate and disrespect for our country is mind blowing.
Would you hold that same opinion if the EC meant more Democrats get elected, but one man / one vote meant more Republicans being elected? Or are you just a partisan hack?
For that to occur, the principles of first-through-the-gate and winner-takes-it-all have to go as well. That's the only way to effectively neuter gerrymandering. Because each vote for any party would be counted, no matter where it was given, be that state, county, or even city district. All votes would be tallied as a true popular vote. That would be true democracy. No more three votes effectively for a single Wisconsin person vs a single vote for a Californian when the electoral college is still in effect. On top of that all citizens that are registered in a county automatically are also registered for elections without having to again register for it.
I am so very in support of getting rid of electoral system. I'm a Democrat in Texas, as are many of my friends. I want my vote to count. Look what we could have avoided with trump. We are quite capable of counting every vote, so come on move forward.
I just saw that the Electoral College has always encouraged voter suppression going back to the era of slavery. That should tell you why it needs to go forever.
I'm against the college. Though Divisions won't be solved if we get majority rule. It's a step in the right direction, symbolically quashing for those racists and exploitation practitioners.
That’s not strictly ‘equal,’ which is why the Electoral College balances strict equality with distributive equity, so that candidates have to pay at least some attention to everyone, if they want to win.
@asianguy6174. Trump lost the popular vote in 2016. If the Electoral College didn't put him in office, he would have never been president. There would have never been a January 6th, 2020 insurrection. It would have never happened.
Love this interview!! I have been obsessed about the electoral college since I was 16 years old. I have sent dozens of letters to my representatives over the years begging to lose the electoral college!!!!!
@@mholzman50 electoral college was never needed. It was a mistake by the founding fathers. This was a racist attempt to keep the power in the hands of the fat white people.
I think the Electoral College and Senate should be modified, not abolished. Have an amendment so the EC members are proportionally assigned based on state popular vote and can do ranked choice voting to give more power to 3rd parties without the spoiler vote. Reason to keep the EC is with proportional awarding of electors, you get each state to be a battleground for the one or two undecided elector spots. For the Senate, have a version of the proposed Wyoming Rule for the house that no senator can represent a population greater that 5 times the least populous state. In those cases, states that would exceed that have to have senatorial districts comprised of grouped house districts and be elected by the population of those districts.
The simple fact that at the 2020 election, so many were doing their best to cheat with the Electoral College system and presented fake electors in an attempt to overturn the will of the people, is an excellent argument for doing away with it… period!
@@glowluz1 Amendment to the constitution. Sometimes laws or even constitutions need to be reworked, because the conditions under which some laws and articles made sense do not apply anymore. Just like lifelong appointment of SCOTUS justices. At the time SCOTUS was introduced, the average lifespan was 38 years. And I am aware that the avergae lifespan was heavily pulled down by infant mortality and people still got old, the expected lifespans today are much longer than they were. So a lifelong appointment today means something different than in former times. Hence you should consider changing things. And many other countries have term limits for their version of SCOTUS, mostly in the range of 10-15 years without the option for a second term.
Brian, you asked the million dollar question that troubles me and I thank you. It is time for our Democratic leaders to turn to and be more proactive 💙
The real problem is that we've allowed too much power to move to the federal government. If states had more power, then we wouldn't need to be as concerned about precisely how the federal government "peeps" are selected. And within states, as much power as possible should be handled at the local level. Power should be pushed "down the pyramid" as far as it makes sense to do so.
@@amycantwell8715 My guess is that no red state will ever sign on. You'd have to catch the swing states when they swing blue, & make it impossible for them to leave the compact!
@@amycantwell8715 That's not how I think the problem should be solved. I think the basic balance the Founders installed between large and small states was a worthwhile thing to have - the President should be, at least to some degree, everyone's President, not just the President of urbanites. A constitutional democracy needs to remember its minorities - not just discard them because they're a few votes short of a majority. The right solution is to retain the top level structure we've got, but make the electoral votes of the individual states more reflective of the will of that state's people. The urban states are going to have an edge in any case. That said, each state is free to support that compact if they want to - if it "makes" we'll then get to find out if it's considered constitutional. I'm not a lawyer, and I haven't tried to study it carefully in that way, so I have no idea. But it's not "constitutional or not" just because of anyone's individual preference. We have a nasty tendency in this country of just "wanting what we want," without regard for the system we have in place for making decisions.
@@guitarslim56 2 terms is 8 years and even though Trump was only president for 4 years; everyone knows that he has been lurking around Biden’s watch and Presidency, constantly promoting and doubling down on the BIG LIE. i.e. basically behaving like a stubborn piece of bubble gum stuck to the bottom of America’s shoe. Actually all the shenanigans started the day he came to the escalators to announce his campaign for the 2016 election so it’s more like a decade of holding America hostage and a decade long nightmare. It will end this November. 🇺🇸
@jay31415 We'd probably still have solar panels on the roof of the White House. The decision to remove them in the first place was driven by sheer ignorance and childish opposition, pathetic hallmarks of republican behavior.
You don't live in a country with 50 sovereign sticks either. The electoral College would be just fine if they hadn't gotten away from having a delegate from each electoral district rather than all the bolts of the state going to one candidate
We in the US need to adjust our democratic system. It's archaic currently. We need to get States and our "Congress" to agree on the need to change it up.
I was devastated when Gore and Hillary didn’t get the Presidency. They both won the popular vote. So awful! The Republicans have always been as dodgy AF. This guest is brilliant btw.
I truly love the idea of one person one vote. The five people who lost the popular vote but won the president due to the electoral college have been the worst president in history because I just went back and checked their bios.
This is my opinion. If anyone has studied this 'carefully,' ( I mean what YOU are talking about) people would soon see that some Republicans have planned this for DECADES. Go all the way back to old man Bush. Not Jr., but he was also just as bad. People forget so much now. Remember how Barbara Bush said that Jr was the *"chosen"* one??? *I DO!!* So much of what happening NOW *began being planned many years back.* Now the Super Rich, like the ones BRIBING SCOTUS, are using the orange windbag as a TOOL! THEY know that his mind is going, and it's a great opportunity to USE him, just as HE is USING others. People NEED to think about these things, and go back and look at the bios of all of these traitors. As a matter of fact, when JFK was talking about outing the *'Secret Societies'* that were out to hurt our country, I personally believe that one of the secret societies that he spoke of was *The Federalist Society!* The very ones 'that were in the shadows,' are now trying to CHANGE THIS COUNTRY, have ruined the SCOTUS and are helping Judge Cannon to dismiss Trump's espionage & documents. Connecting all of these incidents is very important to connecting all of the dots. I ask everyone to serious research and Think about that.
I have been of voting age for 50+ years and still waiting for this electoral college BS to stop, We the people are the ones that should decide who wins, Not some political person with their own agenda
I pushed for DC as a State. As a lifelong Democrat I was disappointed that it wasn't done when they could have. I was also angry that they also refused to get Voting Rights restored. I dispised manchin and Sinema and told them so. I am happy they are both going away.
@@dorothywiseman3492Government employees don’t get a lifetime appointment. They get a job many of which require a test. They are subject to management, no guarantee of moving up until they take a test, etc. Lifetime appointments are few and the idea is that those appointees would not be subject to partisan politics. That is part of the idea behind lifetime appointments. Now whether or not it’s working is the discussion. McConnell made up a rule so then President Obama could not appoint a Supreme Court Justice to a vacancy then ignored his rule to allow Trump to appoint Comey-Barrett.
Exactly. We need to get rid of the Electoral College since 1 out of every 5 Presidents have not been voted in by the majority of Americans. Trump LOST the 2016 Election by 3 million voters and the Electoral College overrode our votes and appointed him President anyway. We must also get rid of gerrymandering and the filibuster in order for our votes to count equally. Each person's vote should count equally to every other person's vote... no matter where they live or what political party they vote for.
The college is unneeded. It causes problems, and is a historical thing mainly it seems. 2024 is not the 1800s. And we have so much better infrastructure for voting and auditing elections. We can have majority rule in the 21st century.
And, since 22 States routinely engage in Election fraud with tricks like Voter Role Purges, Not Tallying Ballots, gerrymandering. What Tricks is Your State Using this Election?? Share.
Wake up America! Why on Earth should the party with the MINORITY of votes chose the president? In Europe it is the MAJORITY who chose the government. Scrap the Electoral College!
Thomas Jefferson thought that the Constitution should be reviewed and/or revised every 18-20 years to conform with societal changes. I wholeheartedly agree.
Absolutely. Most Countries update their Constitution every 5 to 10 years. The statutes, law, adjustments and amendments were supposed to make it a living and growing document, to change with the people's lifestyles, technology, social norms, and implementing amendments to grow and live as Americans day to day lives grow, and change. If they didn't mean for it to be a living document they wouldn't have put in the ability and process to add amendments to our Constitution. It wasn't meant to be stripped down to its original form hundreds of years later so the people lose rights and regress back into the dark ages, being a Nation of many people of different races, religions, morals ethnicities, countries, sexes, and we the people are being threatened to be forced back into being half citizens and having these atrocious forced upon us by these backwards, CULT MEMBERS trying to take us back in time legislatively, to that of unequal rights for those unfortunate MAJORITY, certain ethnicities and sexes week be attacked and victimized as UNEQUAL which is absolute insanity because we've already seen this movie, already rode this ride, we paid dearly and it has taken decades to try to repair that damage that was done to those by the "leading" party. No one with any sense who has read this document could interpret it as being a religious, politically biased or REGRESSIVE, because Basically, if you're a rich man, who isn't willing to play their corrupt games, you'll soon become a poorer man with even less rights. It's a lose-lose situation and the national NEO Nazis running the Returdicants party are declining in mental capacity, lying, cheating, fascist, closet homosexuals with LATENT, angry, shameful feelings of themselves. If they hate them selves, there's no way they could care about you. Which, Trump has already told you, HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU. HE ONLY CARES ABOUT YOUR VOTE! AFTER THIS YOU WILL NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO VOTE AGAIN IF TRUMP WINS THIS ELECTION!!!! VOTE BLUE FOR ME AND YOU!!!
I agree but it won't happen because no "safe" state, especially large ones, will want to give up it's electoral advantage. I think it's possible to modify it to be more representative but I just doubt it can get sufficient support.
What we see is a desperate Republican Party with desperate undemocratic actions and legislation. They are desperate because a huge majority is not Republican or conservative.
An addicted craps player.is more sane. Armageddon through Project 2025 (with J6 violence )Dictatorship while dismantling the Constitution❓🩸Really🤪How unAmerican can a party be?
@@twintwitch1I mean why? WTF are they conserving? We need a 2 party system. Right? Set them on the sidelines until they can come up with some kind of a platform.
We should abolish the filibuster and the Senate as well and give the District of Columbia statehood. Restore and strengthen the voting rights act. Pass an equal rights amendment giving full and equal rights to every American citizen. 10 year term limits on any and all federal appointments, especially judges. Common sense gun control laws. Anti- gerrymandering legislation. People, we have our work cut out for us. Vote blue and let’s get our country back on track for democracy.
@@AverageJoe483 Socrates did not live in a time where you could send a message around the world at the speed of light much less the era of social media. I think Socrates would reconsider. Just ask Ted.
The republicans don’t want the popular vote. They fear they can’t win with the popular vote. It’s so upsetting ,my vote in Kansas will probably won’t count in the November election. This state usually goes red.
It's antiquated and no longer relevant. It worked when we were a small country with 13 states but a large country with 50? Doesn't work the same way and doesn't work at all and should therefore be removed.
Would you hold that same opinion if the EC meant more Democrats get elected, but one man / one vote meant more Republicans being elected? Or are you just a partisan hack?
As usual Democrats have to change the rules when they can't win fair and square and you want us to believe Democrats wouldn't steal an election to stop Trump 😂😂😂
Good luck getting 2/3 of the states and the people to agree on changing the constitution. It's how Republicans get elected. They'll never agree to that.
Brian, I ordered it through Amazon. My regular acct. it still counts to getting your sales up, I hope? My husband and I appreciate your work SO much. You have helped us learn better, do better and speak out more about our Country and what is truly at risk. THANK YOU!!!!!
46 (had to be 21) and my they/them half purple-haired great-granddaughter is registering her peers. Added: I love Gen Z. They don't know how much they remind the old hippies of us.
@@bsmith5304so concerned they get so hung up on blaming President Biden for Gaza I'm not sure how much of the 20th in 21st century history they've been taught, but every president of the United States has served during some military conflict in some part of the world, except for President Carter but he had a very horrific skirmish with the Ayatollah Khomeini and lost hostages so they need to see that no American president is immune, and with the possible exceptions of people named Bush, no American president haa purposefully and intentionally incited a military action against another government/ nation/ terrorist faction, etc. Please. We MUST literally TEACH and inform them of immutable~ not 'alternative" facts, reality and above all...truth. Blaming President Biden for Hamas would be like blaming FDR for Hitler
Get rid of the Electoral collages. Let all Americans votes count. No more letting Electoral collages to over ride our votes. No more Electoral collages votes.
We the people have to remind them of that! We will not be ruled by a minority. Americans have voted for a democrat through the popular vote over and over again. It's time the congress and SCOTUS hear us and fear us!
@@johnwallach2683yes he does. Just like every paragraph or sentence on here (YT) where folks say they no longer speak with some family members who have been encapsulated by he and his cult. He is No doubt proud that to some, he is that "important."
It’s hard to convince young people that voting is so important, when most of them live in red or blue states. The electoral college discourages people from voting, because we know the inevitable outcome before we vote. We need a real democracy with popular vote: one person, one vote!!
agreed. i know people (adult people) who don't wanna vote because it "doesn't matter". and part of that sometimes is due to this issue with red/blue states. or, how you vote but nothing ever EVER goes the way you vote for. growing up in FL was like that. the area i'm from is actually blue to purple, and it never mattered. FL has NEVER strayed from red and it feels so horrible and chest-clenching dismay kinda vibes that it's tossing your vote into the abyss and not being represented. if we had people from certain areas, they WOULD be blue. but it's gerrymandered to hell.
I remember the first time I was old enough to vote. I was shocked to hear one of my fellow high school seniors had voted for the Communist party candidate. He said it was his protest that his vote didn't matter, no matter what our teacher said. I chided him, "what kind of a mess would we be in if everybody did what you did?" I feel like we are closer to seeing the answer to my old question than at any time since it was asked.
In Australia, we don't have an electoral college, our Prime Minister is elected democratically based on the popular vote. It is also compulsory for all citizens 18+ to vote or get a fine. This is a far more democratic system that what you have in the USA. I can't see how you can consider being a democracy with a committee of electoral college voters selecting the President. It beggars belief!
Let’s get rid of people like Tuberville who have no credibility but got elected like Trump because of name recognition. VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024
If Trump doesn't insult your intelligence you probably don't have ANY. You cannot be a Trump supporter and a moral human being. The World is tired of Trump!
Although I would say your entire statement is correct, we must all be careful never to equate Intelligence with morality. Some of history's most nefarious villains have possessed above average intellects. Many good hearted and acting people will never be geniuses. Intelligence provides a system of logic to achieve one's goals. Morality evaluates those goals to be good or evil and judges the individual accordingly. Most intelligent Trumpers are the few that have (or think they have) something to gain from their support of Trump. magaT politicians and billionaire fat cats who want to keep the troughs open align themselves this way. The vast majority of other Trumpers do lack the intelligence otherwise they would realize that for them, Trump offers nothing but the useless opportunity to vicariously live through him as their leader. So indeed, most Trumpers are not intelligent creatures and ALL (save for the most pitiable) are amoral human beings without doubt!
The last thing our American History teacher told us before we were graduating was that we, our generation needed to take down the "electoral college" or just a few bumpkins will be deciding everything for the whole rest of us. Here we are with these arcane, sucking the ass of the south, laws.
And what happens when "Trump-but-smart" is nominated to the highest office in the land? Direct democracy is a single vote away from tyranny, and that scared the founders, and it should scare you even more. We LUCKED OUT that Trump's term wasn't as democracy-ending as his second term is shaping up to look like. We DODGED A BULLET, and you guys want to make that bullet even more likely to hit? You don't abolish the guardrails when they fail, you build better guardrails.
No, we need a system that requires 50%+1 to win. The American people have been programmed to support first-past-the-post ONLY. We can have an EC that's democratic, but if we replace the status quo with a single-round, first-past-the-post popular vote, we'll cement right-wing minority hegemony for the next generation or more.
Have been saying that for 65 years. The electoral college was fine during the early years of the United States, but it certainly is not viable and has not been viable for at least 70 years.
I totally agree with you. Donald Trump did not win the popular vote on either election and historically speaking we have had the worst presidents through the electoral college
Make America REALLY great again for the poor majority! SPREAD THE WORD! Vote blue, and be sure to call, write, or email your representative and demand a constitutional amendment to elect the president by popular vote NOW!
Geezuz! I've listened to many political " expert " interviews over the years, but rarely have I heard someone as articulate and detailed with a granular understanding of the history of American politics as Ari.
1. statehood for DC and PR 2. SCOTUS to 13 justices to reflect 13 federal court districts (then other reforms) 3. end filibuster Then govern without obstruction!
D.C. doesn't NEED to be a State of we get rid of the Electoral College. It's the Capitol City of the United States, not a State of part of a State. I would go with Puerto Rico and Guam. Our western most Territory DESERVES Statehood, and as it's a Military stronghold, would likely vote for SANE Republicans, (NOT MAGA.)
Personally I think we need 17 justices. 6 from each of the major parties, and 5 that must be made from the minor parties as a buffer zone between ideologies
Not that simple, since the Electoral College is required by the Constitution. But, the Constitution says the EC will vote for the President, and the candidate with the next highest votes will be Vice President. Obviously nothing like the way we do it now. The EC is antiquated and we're even already violating the Constitution, seems to me.
We can't vote for a Constitutional Amendment, but an opinion-type poll--should the Constitution be amended to eliminate the Electoral College?--would be a good deal to get things started.
I garuantee if I walked out of the grocery store, stopped and started waving around and pumping my fist. I would be branded as stupid, nuts, and a lunatic. 😂🤣
You want unequal representation? Wyoming has 530,000 citizens and 2 Senators. California has 38,000,000 citizens but also only has 2 Senators! Rural small states have an oversized representation which results in a small minority of citizens controlling the Senate !!
We have the ability to quickly count all votes now, something that wasn’t possible 200 years ago. There is no need for the EC, it is outdated (and, face it, actively harmful) technology.
I’m a Californian. I’m sick and tired of states with more cows or trees than people having more power than my state has with 40 million people and the 5th largest economy on the planet.
There's 100 senators and 100% in a whole. So senators should have voting weight according to the percentage of the state population to the whole country. If Wyoming has 0.2% of the US population, then their senators votes should only count as 0.1% each. California has about 11.7% of the population, so their votes should count as 5.85% each.
UK 1st past the post voting system has resulted in the Tories being a ruling minority party for years... just as bad. Not democracy, no written constitution. Still have a monarch and the illusion of empire....
The EC was the product of a lot of compromise by the founders. Some of the founders wanted a more parliamentary system where congress would choose the president with no vote from the people, some wanted direct vote among other systems. The compromise came about because smaller states, and less populous, thought they would get ignored by the weight of the higher population densities. This is still largely the reason it will be insanely difficult to amend the constitution to change it. Fun fact, if no candidate wins an electoral majority (270) the election process is handed to congress where the House of representative chooses the President from the top three candidates with electoral votes, and the Senate chooses the VP from the top 2 VP candidates.
@@lindaalbergo1 When we were taught about the Electrical College, in Jr. High School, I remember thinking to myself... that seems like something a Republican would come up with. My family, we're all from Texas, are all Returdicants, except my mother, brother and I. They all live out of the city in suburbs and we live in the city, but only because my cabin in the pine forest burned down in 2015 and so we're dragged back into Austin once again, but we were always getting into fights over the Evangelical Right, or oppressive Reputurdicant policies and they would bitch and moan about the damn hippies and the long hair blah blah blah lol. But it NEVER got to a place where we would have EVER thought about the IDEA of the THOUGHT of ever disowning family, or family being seriously divided🫤, EVEN OVER CLINTON, (my grandma actually had a secret crush on Clinton, Bill, she wasn't around for Hillary lol,) over politics! Clinton. Who was, for me, my first eligible election to vote in, just after graduating high school in 96. Lol. Bless their hearts, my grandparents, I loved em too death. They passed though, not long after that. I am so thankful that I did not have to go thru Chumps administration et al and the circus shit side show he has become, especially now that Harris+Walz are energized and organized and pulling ahead. He's losing his damn mind. That man is so afraid of having to look at his lies, he comes up with more on the spot, that contradict OTHER lies he's told to take up for some law he's accused of breaking and ends up FURTHER incriminates himself on national TV or a podcast. He CANNOT keep his own mouth shut. He's a NASTY belligerent, spoiled child, who throws tantrums if he doesn't get his way. Trump is not and never has been Presidential material. He's not even Presidential toilet paper material. To Harris-Walz-2024 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇲
POPULAR VOTE! Imagine how much it would fix - a blue vote in a red state would count, no more electorates trying to be bribed, no more gerrymandering maps and the running president who got the most votes wins. The filibuster needs to go to. It’s why we can’t get anything passed.
And it would open up the discussion to have more political parties that actually represent the American people because 2 is too few but we know we should have at least 3-4 political parties
Gerrymandering doesn't affect the presidential or senate ballot, but it _does_ skew the make-up of the House. Your country needs an apolitical Election Commission and ranked-choice voting.
I would love to see the Electoral College disbanded. When I was in High School Civics Class a long time ago...I remember how disappointed I was to discover that the EC was responsible for who would win a Presidential Election...not the Popular Vote. I would love to see it gone...but we are in PURGATORY as long as we don't have a majority in both Houses of Congress. It is a LOGJAM...with no way OUT.
Because of the filibuster, voting being blocked "by small minorities" in the legislature will forever doom the will and desires of the majority of Americans. Dems, STEP UP and get aggressive about the opportunities you have to show your devotion and courage! Stop thinking silence is equal to grace and "being above" the mess. The electoral college needs to go the way of the dinosaur. I am PRO-democracy and will be voting THAT way, too.
The idea itself is not bad . It could and should encourage some bipartisanship on laws so that the majority of the moment doesn’t just ram through whatever crazy idea they have . Unfortunately , one party more than the other just uses it when they are the minority to block anything from happening at all
Plus it went from actually having to stand there and talk in a physical filibuster to just put in your name down saying I filibuster this and that keeps it from being even debated, let alone voted on.
Relying on the electoral college is like sticking to handwritten letters and horse-drawn carriages to send messages when we have cell phones and high-speed internet.. In 1787, when it was created, states had much smaller populations and assumed a more even spread of political views across the nation. Now, political views are highly geographically concentrated, with Democrats often in urban areas and Republicans in rural ones, which makes the system often misrepresent the will of the majority. Time to fix the outdated system.
I’m from Sweden and now I understand: US is not a democracy, never was a democracy and never intended to be a democracy by the founding fathers. The Constitution is outdated and needs a massive change!
Mother Jones is an excellent publication, highest integrity. Ari is a great author and speaker. These are the solutions we need to bring true democracy. Vote blue.
Absolutely, most countries just have one vote one person, the winner is most votes. That is called democracy. In my country gerrymandering and voter suppression is illegal!
In Australia we have an apolitical Election Commission which handles every aspect of voting, from registration, to boundaries, to counting. NO politician in sight! We also use ranked-choice voting, which allows for more Independents and smaller parties. Our current House has 78 Labor (LW), 55 Liberal/National (RW), 12 Independents, 4 Greens and a couple of others. Our biggest year for Independents due to their stance on Climate Change. It works!
@@onthelake9554 You are a Victim of Rupert Murdock's North Korea-style propaganda. Go Read buddy. FREE YOURSELF from your mental prison. You can do it. All it will take is changing your channel. Good Luck.
One problem with eliminating the electoral college. It puts the federal government into every precinct. Because the states elect electors by their own constitution and laws, they are only electing state officials. Those electors are apportioned according to state law. Except two, it is winner take all. This creates a firewall between the fed and the precincts. If the president is elected by popular vote, the fed could require uniformity of procedures and safeguards. And, the ability to control uniform absentee and early voting procedures and time limits. And uniform registration procedures and registration purging procedures. And federal ability to observe, inspect, and audit voting and counting. Some states will never stand for this. Senators and representatives are not technically federal officials. They hold the seats allocated to their state. Although in every aspect, they are treated and have the privileges of federal officials.
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Stop paying all taxes as long as the current Supreme Court stays. Same with the electoral college
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We need to get rid of the electoral college and put term limits on the supreme Court
I can’t believe those judges that led the 6-3 “Immunity” decision are still in the court!?! It’s unconstitutional and yet they still sit on the court? Unreal!
Amen... But if we eliminate the EC, the Republican's would probably win a lot less elections, which is OK for me, and is why I don't see it ever happening.
@@TomLongone Rather than a term limit, might it be better to establish a mandatory retirement age? Remember, lifetime appointments were intended to provide stability to our laws, to prevent the interpretation of our constitution from changing every time the majority shifts from liberal to conservative and back again, to give some dependability to the rules we live by. We have to remember that the Court is often guilty of “legislating”, I.e., twisting the constitution to fit a predetermined outcome. I believe they could come up with an argument that the sky is green, if that suited their purpose. Long-term appointments help to reduce their ability to constantly twist the meaning of our constitution.
A so-called “living constitution” is not a good thing. Amending it was deliberately made difficult so that we could count upon stability. If the rules need to be changed, then they should be changed, but only by the amendment process, not by the whims of a constantly changing court and its interpretation of its “living constitution”.
We need to dissolve the Supreme Court, at this point. It was never about interpreting laws.
💯 percent agree
If Trump doesn't insult your intelligence you probably don't have ANY. Trump is rotten to the core. His brazen hate and disrespect for our country is mind blowing.
That is 💯
Ironic isn't it? They were the ones afraid the communists were infiltrating the government in the 50s.
Well said. I agree
Unfortunately that isn't how a cult works. Brainwashing still works on intelligent people.
It's his "brazen hate and disrespect" that the deplorable magats identify with 😢 😒 such a sad state of affairs...
The electoral college should be abolished here in the USA. One man/woman, one vote is the fair acknowledgement of every vote. No more gerrymandering.
The way IT is going, if Condon is elected, there Will be no more Laws nor rules starting November 6th.
Would you hold that same opinion if the EC meant more Democrats get elected, but one man / one vote meant more Republicans being elected? Or are you just a partisan hack?
But without gerrymandering, no RepubliKKKan would ever get "elected"
For that to occur, the principles of first-through-the-gate and winner-takes-it-all have to go as well. That's the only way to effectively neuter gerrymandering. Because each vote for any party would be counted, no matter where it was given, be that state, county, or even city district. All votes would be tallied as a true popular vote. That would be true democracy. No more three votes effectively for a single Wisconsin person vs a single vote for a Californian when the electoral college is still in effect.
On top of that all citizens that are registered in a county automatically are also registered for elections without having to again register for it.
The system was based on honesty and integrity. The gop will never play fairly again
I am so very in support of getting rid of electoral system. I'm a Democrat in Texas, as are many of my friends. I want my vote to count. Look what we could have avoided with trump. We are quite capable of counting every vote, so come on move forward.
For the love of all that’s holy please get your Texan friends and family to VOTE CRUZ OUT !!!
Cruz is a bad actor. We do need to get him out.
@@steveobro49just ding can him Alejandro. He might get deported in January.
@ your comment literally does not even make sense
The electoral college is a national version of gerrymandering.
I Want the t-shirt ❤
@@HoneyBadger80886 It's cheap & easy to have one made. 😊
This is a good point!
Affirmative action for gomers.
for sure
I just saw that the Electoral College has always encouraged voter suppression going back to the era of slavery. That should tell you why it needs to go forever.
When only white male rich land owners could vote. Long before women ever got the vote. Ex slaves were able to vote before women.
I'm against the college. Though Divisions won't be solved if we get majority rule.
It's a step in the right direction, symbolically quashing for those racists and exploitation practitioners.
To know history is power.
The ONLY way the Gopers CAN win...
I didn't know this, TY ❤. BLUE AMERICA 💙
Abolish the electoral college so that everyone's vote counts equally, not just a few people in a handful of swing states.
Swing states would be replaced with large population centers.
That’s not strictly ‘equal,’ which is why the Electoral College balances strict equality with distributive equity, so that candidates have to pay at least some attention to everyone, if they want to win.
@@americanpolitic1 What? If anything, candidates FOCUS on swing states while largely IGNORING the rest.
We would have had January 6th just the same. Trump lost both the electoral and the popular vote
@asianguy6174. Trump lost the popular vote in 2016. If the Electoral College didn't put him in office, he would have never been president. There would have never been a January 6th, 2020 insurrection. It would have never happened.
Love this interview!! I have been obsessed about the electoral college since I was 16 years old. I have sent dozens of letters to my representatives over the years begging to lose the electoral college!!!!!
The electoral college has not been needed for almost a hundred years.
Or longer.
It was never needed. It was America's version of apartheid. Used to concentrate power with fat old white men.
Didn't they used the electoral colleges for Hitler Trump
Trump needed it in 2016 !
@@mholzman50 electoral college was never needed. It was a mistake by the founding fathers. This was a racist attempt to keep the power in the hands of the fat white people.
Yes, do away with the Electoran College….ASAP!
I think the Electoral College and Senate should be modified, not abolished. Have an amendment so the EC members are proportionally assigned based on state popular vote and can do ranked choice voting to give more power to 3rd parties without the spoiler vote. Reason to keep the EC is with proportional awarding of electors, you get each state to be a battleground for the one or two undecided elector spots.
For the Senate, have a version of the proposed Wyoming Rule for the house that no senator can represent a population greater that 5 times the least populous state. In those cases, states that would exceed that have to have senatorial districts comprised of grouped house districts and be elected by the population of those districts.
The National Popular Vote Bill interstate compact is the answer. 17 states have adopted it. Is your state one?
The simple fact that at the 2020 election, so many were doing their best to cheat with the Electoral College system and presented fake electors in an attempt to overturn the will of the people, is an excellent argument for doing away with it… period!
Please help get rid of the electoral college.
No
How can we do that?
@@glowluz1 Amendment to the constitution. Sometimes laws or even constitutions need to be reworked, because the conditions under which some laws and articles made sense do not apply anymore.
Just like lifelong appointment of SCOTUS justices. At the time SCOTUS was introduced, the average lifespan was 38 years. And I am aware that the avergae lifespan was heavily pulled down by infant mortality and people still got old, the expected lifespans today are much longer than they were. So a lifelong appointment today means something different than in former times. Hence you should consider changing things. And many other countries have term limits for their version of SCOTUS, mostly in the range of 10-15 years without the option for a second term.
tell us how
Also, the fillibuster and gerrymandering are antiquated.
Brian, you asked the million dollar question that troubles me and I thank you. It is time for our Democratic leaders to turn to and be more proactive 💙
We no longer need the electoral college. Let the people speak for themselves.
Republicans won't support eliminating the Electoral College. Seems it only helps them and gives them an unfair advantage.
The real problem is that we've allowed too much power to move to the federal government. If states had more power, then we wouldn't need to be as concerned about precisely how the federal government "peeps" are selected. And within states, as much power as possible should be handled at the local level. Power should be pushed "down the pyramid" as far as it makes sense to do so.
The National Popular Vote Bill interstate compact is the answer. 17 states have adopted it. Is your state one ?
@@amycantwell8715 My guess is that no red state will ever sign on. You'd have to catch the swing states when they swing blue, & make it impossible for them to leave the compact!
@@amycantwell8715 That's not how I think the problem should be solved. I think the basic balance the Founders installed between large and small states was a worthwhile thing to have - the President should be, at least to some degree, everyone's President, not just the President of urbanites. A constitutional democracy needs to remember its minorities - not just discard them because they're a few votes short of a majority.
The right solution is to retain the top level structure we've got, but make the electoral votes of the individual states more reflective of the will of that state's people. The urban states are going to have an edge in any case.
That said, each state is free to support that compact if they want to - if it "makes" we'll then get to find out if it's considered constitutional. I'm not a lawyer, and I haven't tried to study it carefully in that way, so I have no idea. But it's not "constitutional or not" just because of anyone's individual preference. We have a nasty tendency in this country of just "wanting what we want," without regard for the system we have in place for making decisions.
None of this eight year nightmare would exist if there was no electoral college.
A simple, yet monumental truth!
President Gore would never invade Iraq and might have even stopped 9/11 and paid the national debt down to $3 Trillion.
"eight year"?
@@guitarslim56 2 terms is 8 years and even though Trump was only president for 4 years; everyone knows that he has been lurking around Biden’s watch and Presidency, constantly promoting and doubling down on the BIG LIE. i.e. basically behaving like a stubborn piece of bubble gum stuck to the bottom of America’s shoe.
Actually all the shenanigans started the day he came to the escalators to announce his campaign for the 2016 election so it’s more like a decade of holding America hostage and a decade long nightmare. It will end this November. 🇺🇸
Without the electoral college we would never have had Jan 6
Yep, he wouldn't have won in 2016.
We wouldn't have had 5 Republican Presidents, either!
We'd be 40 years ahead.
@jay31415
We'd probably still have solar panels on the roof of the White House.
The decision to remove them in the first place was driven by sheer ignorance and childish opposition, pathetic hallmarks of republican behavior.
@@mikeyknox7897 and the Supreme Court would look very different
Truly enjoy, respect & admire your work, Thank you for doing what you do Brian, You Rock💙💙💙✌💙💙💙
As a non-American; the idea of electoral colleges sounds absolutely asinine. Person with the most votes wins, simple and to the point.
You don't live in a country with 50 sovereign sticks either.
The electoral College would be just fine if they hadn't gotten away from having a delegate from each electoral district rather than all the bolts of the state going to one candidate
We in the US need to adjust our democratic system. It's archaic currently.
We need to get States and our "Congress" to agree on the need to change it up.
It is an arcane system that isn't needed any longer. But the repuklicans are afraid they'll never win office again without it.
And each State has its OWN Rules..some votes count as 2/3rds of a VOTE
I was devastated when Gore and Hillary didn’t get the Presidency. They both won the popular vote. So awful! The Republicans have always been as dodgy AF. This guest is brilliant btw.
I truly love the idea of one person one vote. The five people who lost the popular vote but won the president due to the electoral college have been the worst president in history because I just went back and checked their bios.
And I believe we have this corrupt s. court because of 2 of those horrible presidents.
This is my opinion. If anyone has studied this 'carefully,' ( I mean what YOU are talking about) people would soon see that some Republicans have planned this for DECADES. Go all the way back to old man Bush. Not Jr., but he was also just as bad. People forget so much now. Remember how Barbara Bush said that Jr was the *"chosen"* one??? *I DO!!* So much of what happening NOW *began being planned many years back.* Now the Super Rich, like the ones BRIBING SCOTUS, are using the orange windbag as a TOOL! THEY know that his mind is going, and it's a great opportunity to USE him, just as HE is USING others. People NEED to think about these things, and go back and look at the bios of all of these traitors. As a matter of fact, when JFK was talking about outing the *'Secret Societies'* that were out to hurt our country, I personally believe that one of the secret societies that he spoke of was *The Federalist Society!* The very ones 'that were in the shadows,' are now trying to CHANGE THIS COUNTRY, have ruined the SCOTUS and are helping Judge Cannon to dismiss Trump's espionage & documents. Connecting all of these incidents is very important to connecting all of the dots. I ask everyone to serious research and Think about that.
Good point. The Electoral College has a history of poor choices that are detrimental to the country. It's gotta go.
I have been of voting age for 50+ years and still waiting for this electoral college BS to stop, We the people are the ones that should decide who wins, Not some political person with their own agenda
I pushed for DC as a State. As a lifelong Democrat I was disappointed that it wasn't done when they could have. I was also angry that they also refused to get Voting Rights restored. I dispised manchin and Sinema and told them so. I am happy they are both going away.
I also want to get rid of ANY LIFETIME APPOINTMENTS....Who else???
Me two! No government employee should have a lifetime job.
@@dorothywiseman3492Government employees don’t get a lifetime appointment. They get a job many of which require a test. They are subject to management, no guarantee of moving up until they take a test, etc.
Lifetime appointments are few and the idea is that those appointees would not be subject to partisan politics. That is part of the idea behind lifetime appointments.
Now whether or not it’s working is the discussion. McConnell made up a rule so then President Obama could not appoint a Supreme Court Justice to a vacancy then ignored his rule to allow Trump to appoint Comey-Barrett.
and age limits for the highest office
The Framers never expected the lifetime appointees to live until they are very old by their own standard. Old was 60.
Term limits are not the solution. We want to keep good people in office. IMPEACH CORRUPT OFFICIALS. Get them off the
bench?
Exactly. We need to get rid of the Electoral College since 1 out of every 5 Presidents have not been voted in by the majority of Americans. Trump LOST the 2016 Election by 3 million voters and the Electoral College overrode our votes and appointed him President anyway. We must also get rid of gerrymandering and the filibuster in order for our votes to count equally. Each person's vote should count equally to every other person's vote... no matter where they live or what political party they vote for.
Fun fact
The Republican Party has lost the popular vote in the last 29 out of 30 elections due to district gerrymandering
At the earliest opportunity, PLEASE end Mitch McConnell's filibuster. END IT NOW!
This is such a clear explanation of how we got here. Please replay this interview.
Agree!!!
The Electoral College being destroyed would lead to a freer and more fair America.
They don't want that.
Vote, please.
The college is unneeded.
It causes problems, and is a historical thing mainly it seems.
2024 is not the 1800s. And we have so much better infrastructure for voting and auditing elections.
We can have majority rule in the 21st century.
They would never win another election.
And, since 22 States routinely engage in Election fraud with tricks like Voter Role Purges, Not Tallying Ballots, gerrymandering. What Tricks is Your State Using this Election?? Share.
If the GOP don’t believe in the Constitution and the Rules of Law, the GOP need to get out the F*ck out of our government.
Democratic leadership doesn't want it either though...
Wake up America! Why on Earth should the party with the MINORITY of votes chose the president? In Europe it is the MAJORITY who chose the government. Scrap the Electoral College!
And states that have fewer population than Pittsburgh should be combined…looking at you North and South Dakota.
Thomas Jefferson thought that the Constitution should be reviewed and/or revised every 18-20 years to conform with societal changes. I wholeheartedly agree.
Aligns with Biden's proposal to add an 18 year term limit to supreme court justices.
Absolutely.
Most Countries update their Constitution every 5 to 10 years.
The statutes, law, adjustments and amendments were supposed to make it a living and growing document, to change with the people's lifestyles, technology, social norms, and implementing amendments to grow and live as Americans day to day lives grow, and change.
If they didn't mean for it to be a living document they wouldn't have put in the ability and process to add amendments to our Constitution.
It wasn't meant to be stripped down to its original form hundreds of years later so the people lose rights and regress back into the dark ages, being a Nation of many people of different races, religions, morals ethnicities, countries, sexes, and we the people are being threatened to be forced back into being half citizens and having these atrocious forced upon us by these backwards, CULT MEMBERS trying to take us back in time legislatively, to that of unequal rights for those unfortunate MAJORITY, certain ethnicities and sexes week be attacked and victimized as UNEQUAL which is absolute insanity because we've already seen this movie, already rode this ride, we paid dearly and it has taken decades to try to repair that damage that was done to those by the "leading" party.
No one with any sense who has read this document could interpret it as being a religious, politically biased or REGRESSIVE, because
Basically, if you're a rich man, who isn't willing to play their corrupt games, you'll soon become a poorer man with even less rights.
It's a lose-lose situation and the national NEO Nazis running the Returdicants party are declining in mental capacity, lying, cheating, fascist, closet homosexuals with LATENT, angry, shameful feelings of themselves.
If they hate them selves, there's no way they could care about you.
Which, Trump has already told you, HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU. HE ONLY CARES ABOUT YOUR VOTE! AFTER THIS YOU WILL NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO VOTE AGAIN IF TRUMP WINS THIS ELECTION!!!!
VOTE BLUE FOR ME AND YOU!!!
Should have been changed in the 60's
Imagine how many children who would still be alive, if they had made more sensible gun laws.
Abolish the Electoral College NOW!
Abolish the electoral college
Yes, it needs to be abolished as it is an appendage of the slavery years!
I have always agreed
I agree but it won't happen because no "safe" state, especially large ones, will want to give up it's electoral advantage. I think it's possible to modify it to be more representative but I just doubt it can get sufficient support.
It is so way overdue to get rid of the Electoral College!
What we see is a desperate Republican Party with desperate undemocratic actions and legislation. They are desperate because a huge majority is not Republican or conservative.
An addicted craps player.is more sane. Armageddon through Project 2025 (with J6 violence )Dictatorship while dismantling the Constitution❓🩸Really🤪How unAmerican can a party be?
Exactly the case.
@@twintwitch1I mean why? WTF are they conserving? We need a 2 party system. Right? Set them on the sidelines until they can come up with some kind of a platform.
Every vote should matter. Vote 💯💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
The Electoral College failed us. Abolish the Electoral College ONE PERSON ONE VOTE !!
Definitely 💯
We should abolish the filibuster and the Senate as well and give the District of Columbia statehood. Restore and strengthen the voting rights act. Pass an equal rights amendment giving full and equal rights to every American citizen. 10 year term limits on any and all federal appointments, especially judges. Common sense gun control laws. Anti- gerrymandering legislation. People, we have our work cut out for us. Vote blue and let’s get our country back on track for democracy.
Socrates would disagree .
@@AverageJoe483 Socrates did not live in a time where you could send a message around the world at the speed of light much less the era of social media. I think Socrates would reconsider. Just ask Ted.
The republicans don’t want the popular vote. They fear they can’t win with the popular vote. It’s so upsetting ,my vote in Kansas will probably won’t count in the November election. This state usually goes red.
Vote blue straight through and scrap the outdated electoral college. It's stupid.
Electoral College has to go
I've been saying that for a few decades.
It's antiquated and no longer relevant. It worked when we were a small country with 13 states but a large country with 50? Doesn't work the same way and doesn't work at all and should therefore be removed.
You want to wipe your ass with the Constitution ? I thought only Trump wanted to get rid of it but now Democrats are agreeing to do the same?
Would you hold that same opinion if the EC meant more Democrats get elected, but one man / one vote meant more Republicans being elected? Or are you just a partisan hack?
Absolutely 💯
Thank you for this! I think a lot of us don’t fully understand how it all really works. It’s unbelievable and a little terrifying 😮😢
I don't think the electoral college needs to exist anymore. The popular vote should be the decider
Agreed. But it's near impossible to get rid of it.
As usual Democrats have to change the rules when they can't win fair and square and you want us to believe Democrats wouldn't steal an election to stop Trump 😂😂😂
It should have always been the decider.
Good luck getting 2/3 of the states and the people to agree on changing the constitution. It's how Republicans get elected. They'll never agree to that.
Yeah exactly. All these right wing nuts fail to understand basic common sense:
Land does NOT vote, only people vote…..
The difference between tRump and Jim Jones is that tRump would have you PAY for the Kool-aid!!
Lol
Nailed IT !
Berkeley anybody under 40 years old doesn't even know who Jim Jones was.That is a majority of Americans
@@Jake-by9ly And?
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Defending democracy should be our priority!!!
DEFINITELY !!!!!!!!!!
It is my first priority closely followed by climate change.
Used to be a given of both sides. Now they want one side without any rules. See trump invite business billionaire free for all
Make Puerto Rico and dc states
Brian, I ordered it through Amazon. My regular acct. it still counts to getting your sales up, I hope?
My husband and I appreciate your work SO much. You have helped us learn better, do better and speak out more about our Country and what is truly at risk.
THANK YOU!!!!!
I'm old (er) and have been voting 44 years this year; I hope the younger voter sees how important it is to deny Trump the win.
Vote Blue💙
Teach them. Make younger friends and help.
46 (had to be 21) and my they/them half purple-haired great-granddaughter is registering her peers. Added: I love Gen Z. They don't know how much they remind the old hippies of us.
Me too
I do hope they understand this
@@bsmith5304so concerned they get so hung up on blaming President Biden for Gaza
I'm not sure how much of the 20th in 21st century history they've been taught, but every president of the United States has served during some military conflict in some part of the world, except for President Carter but he had a very horrific skirmish with the Ayatollah Khomeini and lost hostages so they need to see that no American president is immune, and with the possible exceptions of people named Bush, no American president haa purposefully and intentionally incited a military action against another government/ nation/ terrorist faction, etc.
Please. We MUST literally TEACH and inform them of immutable~ not 'alternative" facts, reality and above all...truth.
Blaming President Biden for Hamas would be like blaming FDR for Hitler
I’m worried about the electoral college. We need to be talking about it more and loud. Thank you and keep it going!!!
Get rid of the Electoral collages. Let all Americans votes count. No more letting Electoral collages to over ride our votes. No more Electoral collages votes.
🚨A MUST SEE. 🚨Thank you for sharing this important information. 💯
He does realize that he lost the popular vote TWICE, right? And I mean by millions!
We the people have to remind them of that! We will not be ruled by a minority. Americans have voted for a democrat through the popular vote over and over again. It's time the congress and SCOTUS hear us and fear us!
He revels in it.
He is on record saying that if the EC was abolished, no Republican would never win again.
@@johnwallach2683yes he does. Just like every paragraph or sentence on here (YT) where folks say they no longer speak with some family members who have been encapsulated by he and his cult.
He is No doubt proud that to some, he is that "important."
No, because he never lost at anything.
It’s hard to convince young people that voting is so important, when most of them live in red or blue states. The electoral college discourages people from voting, because we know the inevitable outcome before we vote. We need a real democracy with popular vote: one person, one vote!!
I see this happening in my home State of Tennessee.
agreed. i know people (adult people) who don't wanna vote because it "doesn't matter". and part of that sometimes is due to this issue with red/blue states. or, how you vote but nothing ever EVER goes the way you vote for. growing up in FL was like that. the area i'm from is actually blue to purple, and it never mattered. FL has NEVER strayed from red and it feels so horrible and chest-clenching dismay kinda vibes that it's tossing your vote into the abyss and not being represented. if we had people from certain areas, they WOULD be blue. but it's gerrymandered to hell.
I see this in KY too.
I remember the first time I was old enough to vote. I was shocked to hear one of my fellow high school seniors had voted for the Communist party candidate. He said it was his protest that his vote didn't matter, no matter what our teacher said. I chided him, "what kind of a mess would we be in if everybody did what you did?" I feel like we are closer to seeing the answer to my old question than at any time since it was asked.
@@lurklingX Plus millionaires like Scott seeing his loss, then throwing $70M to Tallahassee two weeks before his Gubernatorial election.
The sooner when we can get rid of the Electoral College the better.
The National Popular Vote Bill interstate compact is the answer. 17 states have adopted it. Is your state one?
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Yesterday Bad News Today Good News Lets Rid Of Electoral College!
The National Popular Vote Bill interstate compact is the answer. 17 states have adopted it. Is your state one ?
In Australia, we don't have an electoral college, our Prime Minister is elected democratically based on the popular vote. It is also compulsory for all citizens 18+ to vote or get a fine. This is a far more democratic system that what you have in the USA. I can't see how you can consider being a democracy with a committee of electoral college voters selecting the President. It beggars belief!
Not just filibuster, also ability of a single senator blocking judges being appointed, or Military promotions... These need to go away.
Let’s get rid of people like Tuberville who have no credibility but got elected like Trump because of name recognition. VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024
Looking at you Tommy Tuberville!
@@yogiperogy who is even WORSE than most people realize; his own brother CHARLES repudiated & castigated him.
-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Tuberville
Brian always asks the best questions!
If Trump doesn't insult your intelligence you probably don't have ANY. You cannot be a Trump supporter and a moral human being. The World is tired of Trump!
You're either immoral or member of a cult and don't think for yourself.
That's a fact but his cult members follow the orange clown blindly.
It’s true, we all think he’s dangerous. And an idiot
Amen !!!
Biden / Harris 2024
Although I would say your entire statement is correct, we must all be careful never to equate Intelligence with morality. Some of history's most nefarious villains have possessed above average intellects. Many good hearted and acting people will never be geniuses. Intelligence provides a system of logic to achieve one's goals. Morality evaluates those goals to be good or evil and judges the individual accordingly. Most intelligent Trumpers are the few that have (or think they have) something to gain from their support of Trump. magaT politicians and billionaire fat cats who want to keep the troughs open align themselves this way. The vast majority of other Trumpers do lack the intelligence otherwise they would realize that for them, Trump offers nothing but the useless opportunity to vicariously live through him as their leader.
So indeed, most Trumpers are not intelligent creatures and ALL (save for the most pitiable) are amoral human beings without doubt!
The last thing our American History teacher told us before we were graduating was that we, our generation needed to take down the "electoral college" or just a few bumpkins will be deciding everything for the whole rest of us. Here we are with these arcane, sucking the ass of the south, laws.
The electoral college should be abolished, we just need the popular vote only! Vote Blue💙💙
And what happens when "Trump-but-smart" is nominated to the highest office in the land? Direct democracy is a single vote away from tyranny, and that scared the founders, and it should scare you even more.
We LUCKED OUT that Trump's term wasn't as democracy-ending as his second term is shaping up to look like. We DODGED A BULLET, and you guys want to make that bullet even more likely to hit?
You don't abolish the guardrails when they fail, you build better guardrails.
No, we need a system that requires 50%+1 to win. The American people have been programmed to support first-past-the-post ONLY. We can have an EC that's democratic, but if we replace the status quo with a single-round, first-past-the-post popular vote, we'll cement right-wing minority hegemony for the next generation or more.
Have been saying that for 65 years. The electoral college was fine during the early years of the United States, but it certainly is not viable and has not been viable for at least 70 years.
I totally agree with you. Donald Trump did not win the popular vote on either election and historically speaking we have had the worst presidents through the electoral college
aint gonna ever happen and we all know it.
10 years of hell with DRUMP , cant take it anymore , Never again !! VOTE BLUE !!
How do we get rid of the Electoral College!?!?
direct voting, heck yeah
You have the Congress House and the Senate write a bill to disband it and then have the president sign it the same way you enact any other law
Not easily. Something along the same line as amending the constitution. Need to get all, or at least most of the States, to agree to it.
Constitutional change according to the way the constitution describes the process .
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
We should have been got rid of it. Because all through school we were taught that the popular vote wins. Why not for the highest seat in the country
The popular vote determines every victor except president. No local, town, county, state has this deal. Each vote counts and matters.
@@Amick44Not so much. Electoral college in it's present form can result in the winner of the popular vote still losing the election.
Make America REALLY great again for the poor majority! SPREAD THE WORD! Vote blue, and be sure to call, write, or email your representative and demand a constitutional amendment to elect the president by popular vote NOW!
Make America Proud again.❤
Geezuz! I've listened to many political " expert " interviews over the years, but rarely have I heard someone as articulate and detailed with a granular understanding of the history of American politics as Ari.
1. statehood for DC and PR
2. SCOTUS to 13 justices to reflect 13 federal court districts (then other reforms)
3. end filibuster
Then govern without obstruction!
Get the money out of politics, in all forms.
And if the Republicans don't like it they can change their policies to ones the majority will vote for.
@@davidbalcon8726 and scrap the electoral college. It’s anti democratic.
D.C. doesn't NEED to be a State of we get rid of the Electoral College. It's the Capitol City of the United States, not a State of part of a State.
I would go with Puerto Rico and Guam. Our western most Territory DESERVES Statehood, and as it's a Military stronghold, would likely vote for SANE Republicans, (NOT MAGA.)
Personally I think we need 17 justices. 6 from each of the major parties, and 5 that must be made from the minor parties as a buffer zone between ideologies
They should put the electoral college vote on the Presidential election ballot.
Yes! So that *WE* can vote it OUT!
Absolutely! 💯👍👍
Not that simple, since the Electoral College is required by the Constitution. But, the Constitution says the EC will vote for the President, and the candidate with the next highest votes will be Vice President. Obviously nothing like the way we do it now. The EC is antiquated and we're even already violating the Constitution, seems to me.
We can't vote for a Constitutional Amendment, but an opinion-type poll--should the Constitution be amended to eliminate the Electoral College?--would be a good deal to get things started.
Most people have tripped upstairs, but have never waved to an imaginary crowd.
I garuantee if I walked out of the grocery store, stopped and started waving around and pumping my fist. I would be branded as stupid, nuts, and a lunatic.
😂🤣
@@MrStaybrownhahhaha exactly. I can honestly say I have never seen anyone do that😂
I'm a Harry Potter fan, and it reminds me of 💯 narcissist Guilderoy Lockheart, writing autographs to no one in particular, on the asylum.
Or delivered bizarre speeches about sharks and electrocution.
@@seffishestopal5950If it was one of your family members, you would definitely get them help.
You want unequal representation? Wyoming has 530,000 citizens and 2 Senators. California has 38,000,000 citizens but also only has 2 Senators! Rural small states have an oversized representation which results in a small minority of citizens controlling the Senate !!
One person, one vote, all count. It's not rocket science.
We have the ability to quickly count all votes now, something that wasn’t possible 200 years ago. There is no need for the EC, it is outdated (and, face it, actively harmful) technology.
I’m a Californian. I’m sick and tired of states with more cows or trees than people having more power than my state has with 40 million people and the 5th largest economy on the planet.
The National Popular Vote Bill interstate compact is the answer. 17 states have adopted it. Is your state one?
@@amycantwell8715 I’m a Californian. Of course we have. Long ago in fact.
@@rickb2432 good, power to the people 💪 my state is on board
There's 100 senators and 100% in a whole. So senators should have voting weight according to the percentage of the state population to the whole country. If Wyoming has 0.2% of the US population, then their senators votes should only count as 0.1% each. California has about 11.7% of the population, so their votes should count as 5.85% each.
@@SeedFactoryProject The National Popular Vote Bill interstate compact is the answer. 17 states have adopted it. Is your state one?
Why we don’t know all this before , you need to talk about this in the big screen 😮
Great. Well done. Fight on. Vote Blue!
More people of color really need to hear and see more of this!
All Americans. All ages, etc.
As a UK resident, with one person, one vote, this has always puzzled me! How can this be democratic?
It's not, it came about because of 100% to prevent the peasants from having power
UK 1st past the post voting system has resulted in the Tories being a ruling minority party for years... just as bad. Not democracy, no written constitution. Still have a monarch and the illusion of empire....
The EC was the product of a lot of compromise by the founders. Some of the founders wanted a more parliamentary system where congress would choose the president with no vote from the people, some wanted direct vote among other systems. The compromise came about because smaller states, and less populous, thought they would get ignored by the weight of the higher population densities. This is still largely the reason it will be insanely difficult to amend the constitution to change it.
Fun fact, if no candidate wins an electoral majority (270) the election process is handed to congress where the House of representative chooses the President from the top three candidates with electoral votes, and the Senate chooses the VP from the top 2 VP candidates.
@@norb.engineeringand women were also the property of men,whether they were free or enslaved. They were also treated as “3/5 of a person “.
Exactly, FPTP is crap but the US has managed to find a system even worse.
Awesome show Brian. I never knew some of these things or the reasons why these things are happening!!
I have been screaming get rid of the electoral college for years.
Many of us have. Then if our choice wins the election, we get complacent again . Until the next go around.
Screaming doesn't work. Is your state part of the National Popular Vote? 61 more electoral votes are required to get to 270.
🙋🏼♀️ same
@@lindaalbergo1
When we were taught about the Electrical College, in Jr. High School, I remember thinking to myself... that seems like something a Republican would come up with.
My family, we're all from Texas, are all Returdicants, except my mother, brother and I.
They all live out of the city in suburbs and we live in the city, but only because my cabin in the pine forest burned down in 2015 and so we're dragged back into Austin once again, but we were always getting into fights over the Evangelical Right, or oppressive Reputurdicant policies and they would bitch and moan about the damn hippies and the long hair blah blah blah lol.
But it NEVER got to a place where we would have EVER thought about the IDEA of the THOUGHT of ever disowning family, or family being seriously divided🫤, EVEN OVER CLINTON, (my grandma actually had a secret crush on Clinton, Bill, she wasn't around for Hillary lol,) over politics!
Clinton. Who was, for me, my first eligible election to vote in, just after graduating high school in 96. Lol.
Bless their hearts, my grandparents, I loved em too death.
They passed though, not long after that.
I am so thankful that I did not have to go thru Chumps administration et al and the circus shit side show he has become, especially now that Harris+Walz are energized and organized and pulling ahead.
He's losing his damn mind. That man is so afraid of having to look at his lies, he comes up with more on the spot, that contradict OTHER lies he's told to take up for some law he's accused of breaking and ends up FURTHER incriminates himself on national TV or a podcast.
He CANNOT keep his own mouth shut. He's a NASTY belligerent, spoiled child, who throws tantrums if he doesn't get his way.
Trump is not and never has been Presidential material.
He's not even Presidential toilet paper material.
To Harris-Walz-2024
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
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Thank you. My team of 6 is voting for President Joseph Biden again. The quiet, strong leader gets our vote.
Awesome!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙
@maureencoyle666 If you don't vote for Harris then you are not honoring President Bidens wishes and will hand vonshitzhispants the presidency. 😢
Hopefully that has transitioned to Harris/Walz now. I can’t believe how much has changed in a month. Joe is my guy, so grateful for all he has done.
POPULAR VOTE! Imagine how much it would fix - a blue vote in a red state would count, no more electorates trying to be bribed, no more gerrymandering maps and the running president who got the most votes wins. The filibuster needs to go to. It’s why we can’t get anything passed.
And it would open up the discussion to have more political parties that actually represent the American people because 2 is too few but we know we should have at least 3-4 political parties
@@Snooze_Addict true
Gerrymandering doesn't affect the presidential or senate ballot, but it _does_ skew the make-up of the House. Your country needs an apolitical Election Commission and ranked-choice voting.
Every vote should be counted and whoever wins the popular votes should be a president.
Time for the Democratic Party to honor its name and focus on promoting democracy.
I would love to see the Electoral College disbanded. When I was in High School Civics Class a long time ago...I remember how disappointed I was to discover that the EC was responsible for who would win a Presidential Election...not the Popular Vote. I would love to see it gone...but we are in PURGATORY as long as we don't have a majority in both Houses of Congress. It is a LOGJAM...with no way OUT.
THAT thing keeps us all in chains. It SHOULD be put on the ballot to vote on by US!
WE the people.
Because of the filibuster, voting being blocked "by small minorities" in the legislature will forever doom the will and desires of the majority of Americans.
Dems, STEP UP and get aggressive about the opportunities you have to show your devotion and courage! Stop thinking silence is equal to grace and "being above" the mess.
The electoral college needs to go the way of the dinosaur. I am PRO-democracy and will be voting THAT way, too.
Veritas
Agree.
@@dbird1356Harvard?
@@Gary_Texan_USA No, it’s Latin for Truth.
we can all see this corruption, the question I have is why are politicians ignoring this corruption!
Disturbing!! What a sham!🤪 Needs CHANGING!!😳
Filibuster, what a horrible rule. How did it ever get accepted?
The idea itself is not bad . It could and should encourage some bipartisanship on laws so that the majority of the moment doesn’t just ram through whatever crazy idea they have . Unfortunately , one party more than the other just uses it when they are the minority to block anything from happening at all
Plus it went from actually having to stand there and talk in a physical filibuster to just put in your name down saying I filibuster this and that keeps it from being even debated, let alone voted on.
Its where all the corruption exists.
This guy is great! Love this interview.
The Electoral College should go the way of the Dodo and Devine Right of Kings.
💙Kamala Harris. Vice President, Senator, Attorney General, District Attorney, Prosecutor. Highly Qualified.
Relying on the electoral college is like sticking to handwritten letters and horse-drawn carriages to send messages when we have cell phones and high-speed internet.. In 1787, when it was created, states had much smaller populations and assumed a more even spread of political views across the nation. Now, political views are highly geographically concentrated, with Democrats often in urban areas and Republicans in rural ones, which makes the system often misrepresent the will of the majority. Time to fix the outdated system.
Absolutely.
Times change; so must our structure.
I’m from Sweden and now I understand: US is not a democracy, never was a democracy and never intended to be a democracy by the founding fathers. The Constitution is outdated and needs a massive change!
Mother Jones is an excellent publication, highest integrity. Ari is a great author and speaker. These are the solutions we need to bring true democracy. Vote blue.
Absolutely, most countries just have one vote one person, the winner is most votes.
That is called democracy.
In my country gerrymandering and voter suppression is illegal!
That's because YOUR country has some common sense.
In Australia we have an apolitical Election Commission which handles every aspect of voting, from registration, to boundaries, to counting. NO politician in sight! We also use ranked-choice voting, which allows for more Independents and smaller parties. Our current House has 78 Labor (LW), 55 Liberal/National (RW), 12 Independents, 4 Greens and a couple of others. Our biggest year for Independents due to their stance on Climate Change. It works!
Another outstanding interview with brilliant Ari Berman.👍💯
Yes he is incredible….
Never heard of him until now. Happy I was introduced to him.
He needs to be on all TV STATIONS TO TELL EVERYONE!
What is it with these republicans? All must go!!!
Where would you be without us ? How do you propose to remove me ? Why do you think you have the right ?
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
@@rve420 What right to remove either party from power ? Bloodthirsty, where do you come up with that ?
@@HoneyBadger80886 Gee no one ever heard that before , great comment .
Ridin with Biden, can you say "Blue Tsunami Landslide", sure you can!
Hidin with Briben .
@@onthelake9554better than jail time with Trump.
@@wendyhanrahan5828 We got him this time ! not.
@@onthelake9554
You are a Victim of Rupert Murdock's North Korea-style propaganda.
Go Read buddy.
FREE YOURSELF from your mental prison.
You can do it.
All it will take is changing your channel.
Good Luck.
This is the most clear and concise explanation of the last 50 yrs of Rep planning
This Ari guy is brilliant - I was thoroughly engrossed (and I'm not American!).
No offense to the guys, it was an excellent discussion. But I think it highlighted much of what many of us already knew.
When will this corrupt system be dismantled. Vote Democrat everyone.
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lol
EVERYONE
The money is the Power. Save in #bitcoin and watch the powerful fall.
@@gracielac776 It's already in the works... you just are reading .......
It’s definitely time to get this done! 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
That Electoral college needs to go away. Why is the Electoral college more important than the popular vote.
It's in the constitution. Maybe go learn about it.
It's "more important" because it's in the Constitution. It will have to go via an amendment to the Constitution.
The electoral college was only important when the country was first spreading out. Now it's not needed.
@@micheleconner5083 I'll play devil's advocate and ask, how was it helpful and effective then, but not so now?
The EC was meant to keep the 1% in charge.
One problem with eliminating the electoral college. It puts the federal government into every precinct.
Because the states elect electors by their own constitution and laws, they are only electing state officials. Those electors are apportioned according to state law. Except two, it is winner take all.
This creates a firewall between the fed and the precincts. If the president is elected by popular vote, the fed could require uniformity of procedures and safeguards. And, the ability to control uniform absentee and early voting procedures and time limits. And uniform registration procedures and registration purging procedures. And federal ability to observe, inspect, and audit voting and counting.
Some states will never stand for this.
Senators and representatives are not technically federal officials. They hold the seats allocated to their state. Although in every aspect, they are treated and have the privileges of federal officials.
Thank you, Mr. Berman. I don't have the words to say how much I admire everything you said.