The
Rejectoral College
November 2, 2024
Right
about now, with just days to go before E Day, many people find their thoughts drifting
to the mythical, moronic, and ultimately poisonous Electoral College – the disgraceful,
anti-democratic artifact that put a lie to the notion that the American
electorate, unlike those in any other democracy, actually elects the president
via the Popular Vote.
Even lizards,
insects and most micro-organisms know that the Electoral College is utter bullshit.
As of today, nearly 20 of these united states have agreed to give their EC votes
to the candidate who wins the popular vote. There’s no telling when enough of
the states will make this move and shift the presidential election away from
the Slavery Era shenanigans that comprise the Electoral College.
However,
there is one sure-fire way for the Electoral College to finally go away.
As
soon as a Ratpublican (assuming that the Fascist/Trump Party reverts back to its pre-Trump-level of normal crap) presidential candidate
wins the popular vote and loses in the Electoral College, Bitch BcConnell (sorry,
I have a cold) or his progeny in the Senate will see to it that this
slave-state-inspired artifact will go the way of the dodo.
Unfortunately,
the chances of that party, whatever version of its misogynistic, racist,
classist self it may manifest in the foreseeable future, winning a national
popular vote is all but non-existent since there is no means by which they can
gerrymander the national vote. Not yet anyway.
As if
the whole idea of the Electoral College wasn’t bad enough, the Fascist/Trump Party has been hard at work trying to
insinuate their own “alternate electors” (not a real thing) into the already
absurd system. Because they cannot even win the Unpopular Vote by what passes
for legitimate means.
It is
also worth noting that in recent polling 63% of the American electorate favors
dumping the Unpopular Vote - including 80% of Democrats and nearly 50% of those
in the Fascist/Trump Party.
Seventeen
states, holding 207 (of the necessary 270) EC votes have adopted the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC), meaning they would award their EC
votes to the ticket that won the national popular vote, regardless of
what happens in their states. It remains unclear if this will pass
constitutional muster. It is crystal clear that the current Supreme Court (stolen)
majority will use any means necessary to keep Democrats out of the White House,
if given the opportunity.
The only
Republicans to win the popular vote since Ronald Reagan, were George HW Bush in
1988 and George WTF Bush – whose presidency needs an asterisk and a
skull-and-crossbones next to it. The only reason Bush, Jr. was able to win a
popular vote was by virtue of incumbency obtained by being illegally appointed
to his first term by a partisan Supreme Court – after losing both the popular
vote and the Electoral College (had the Court not halted the counting of votes
in Florida) in 2000.
I. Mangrey refurbishing.
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