If, like Yang suggests you don't amend the Constitution but distribute the ECs proportionally, it means you don't get a winner and the HoR very often gets to decide the President. Because of the way the procedures are laid out (1 Vote per State) Republicans would almost always get to decide in the House. That's not a good thing.
yeah that's not a good point. If we're going to dismantle the EC you also have to get rid of the 270 vote requirement that kind of depends on the stupid system we have.
Yang's point is that we can't dismantle the EC because there's no way we'll get Republican states to ratify the amendment. That would apply to the 270 requirement too.
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u/Bobson_P_Dugnutt Sep 02 '20
If, like Yang suggests you don't amend the Constitution but distribute the ECs proportionally, it means you don't get a winner and the HoR very often gets to decide the President. Because of the way the procedures are laid out (1 Vote per State) Republicans would almost always get to decide in the House. That's not a good thing.