What would our country be like if the popular vote decided the election? Going back into past elections, imagine who would have won and what they would have done. It's infuriating. I don't want to be on this version of the American experiment. One of the variables has gone very wrong.

@elbutterfield #NationalPopularVote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

"National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is agreement among U.S. states & DC to award all electoral votes to the presidential ticket winning overall popular vote in 50 states & DC. The compact is designed to ensure the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide is elected president, & it would come into effect only when it would guarantee that outcome."

@Gladari @elbutterfield

Repugs would never vote for it they would never win.

@disk4mat @elbutterfield

There are definitely states on that map that could & should be enacting this. We need to make sure that those State Legislatures get turned fully Blue in 2024. Down ticket election REALLY matter!

@Gladari @disk4mat I know that we would have a battle in the courts when/if we get to 270, but it's our best chance of getting the popular vote. I was astounded to see how far we were to the goal when I first learned about this movement. 209!

@elbutterfield @Gladari

It makes sense in our Canadian system the party with the most votes chooses the prime minister. The head of govt does not run in a separate election but we do know before the election who will be their leader and people often vote on that.

@disk4mat @Gladari There are so many democracies with constitutions that are improved from ours; having learned from our mistakes. I just wish we could have the guts to treat ours as a living document and stop treating it like a religious icon.

@elbutterfield @disk4mat

Isn't Israel a Parliamentary Democracy? And they got Netanyahu who is only interested in staying out of Jail? Correct me if I'm wrong, please.I guess nothing is perfect. Not really up on that form, is that were we frequently hear about "coalition" governments?

@Gladari @disk4mat I guess I look as Bibi as a kind of Trump of our future, who let the Israeli people down in so many ways (look at how Trump undermined our security during his tenure) , leading to Oct. 7th, and now is doing everything to be the military extremist to hold on to power. There but for the grace of true democracy goes our country. We are at the brink.

@elbutterfield @Gladari

I really dislike BiBi I understand he has to deal with very right wing colleagues but I have never liked him.