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ADDED: Yes I know that 58% is a majority, not a near majority, which is why I put this in quotes. This is a copy/paste. I have no idea why they said it.

“A near majority of Americans favor amending the Constitution in order to elect presidents based on the popular vote, according to a poll released Friday.

The Gallup survey found that 58 percent of Americans are in favor of making the change, while 39 percent still prefer the Electoral College system.”
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/

Michael Busch

@GottaLaff @inthehands

It is no longer surprising; but it remains striking to me that the MNGOP takes the position that their supporters should have no say in electing POTUS.

Because they know that Republican candidates for the last 25 years have become POTUS only because of the electoral college, but has gone only for Democratic candidates for 50 years.

@michael_w_busch @GottaLaff
It’s a very good point: minority parties in non-swing states should be lobbying hard for this.

FWIW, believe MN has signed on to the NPVIC.

@inthehands @GottaLaff Last year, with Governor Walz signing off on it after a near-party-line vote in the state legislature.

May states that have another 11+ electoral votes (Arizona?) get on board with that to force the issue.

@inthehands @michael_w_busch @GottaLaff As frequently pointed out, there are more conservative and republican voters in California than anywhere but Texas -- and more liberal & democratic voters in Texas than anywhere but California. And none of those voters get any real vote or is there a need for candidates to appeal to those voters.