10-24-2011, 10:19 PM
Ted King wrote:
Obama may try to change that by Executive Order like he's changing so many things with the swipe of his pen. /sarc
Under the National Popular vote system, it would still be the Electoral College that decides who becomes president - it's just that enough states would agree to cast their votes in the Electoral College in a manner to assure that the person with the plurality of votes nationwide gets enough Electoral College votes to become president.
I have no idea what you are referring to in relation to the Electoral College with your comment about Obama and an executive order.
You don't see the /sarcasm notice?
But to your argument. In other words, the people in Florida vote for XXX, but because candidate YYY won the popular vote nationally, Florida's Electoral votes would have to go to YYY? Are you saying that our 29 electoral votes (which may decide the presidency) cannot be cast for XXX because YYY won a popular vote?
Ain't gonna happen.