LOL. LMAO even. This was me 6 months ago too when people talked about flipping the senate though so WTF do I know?
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Get active. Call your reps. Tell them what you want, call them every time legislation comes up. If they wont vote the way you want you vote in the next primary for someone else. You keep demanding better representatives until, and i cant make this any more clear, until you die because they will never be good enough.
jfc, I'm generally a negative person and doomsday but the comments here are next level.
Unfortunately reality is pretty doomy.
people are pattern seeking beings
It's been around two decades since the majority have had any sense of representation in congress, regardless of who has held what positions; and given what Schumer and Jefferies have openly said, there is no reason to believe this 'blue wave' will bring about anything positive besides delaying the republicans by two years.
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I actually thought about this the moment I saw all the state wins. Everyone around me completely fixated on Congress and forgot how important state politics are.
I'm glad to see a little validation, although these people still don't seem to care even after I tell them that! Lol
Uh huh and I betttt they'll do it
Dont fucking dare tease me with this shit.
No one wants to acknowledge this, but if we all contacted our (non-Republican) representatives every day, this would happen. Public pressure works.
I'll bring you back down then. It won't end the EC, it's a voluntary compact between mostly already blue states agreeing to give their votes to the person that wins the popular vote.
The EC will still exist, and this could, for example, get a Republican elected just as easily. Trump won the popular vote in 2024.
I think it's probably a good idea overall but it has a lot of problems inherent to its process and enforcement.
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They had votes before but Nevada DNC liked all of political spending over it being a swing state.
Texas could join now, instead of looking at old 2020 coalition.
- DNC is an Israel first outcome, and fundraising driven, instead of having a winning mission. Ken Martin is better than past, but still.
- Political class has more power at 50.1% voting differences, and at regional level, more than half the candidates are overrepresented vs underrepresented to their population ratios.
- Another proposal that would satisfy some of these "power" concerns is doubling the size of house. It doubles political opportunities for incumbents.
We cannot have UBI, because UBI distributes power away from politicians who are left with less discretionary budgets and power to "steal" cash away from citizens through boondoggles. Similar power balance calculus happens with proposals like this.
Texas could join now, instead of looking at old 2020 coalition.
They still have a Republican state Senate looks like.
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Finally, some good news
It'd be nice if Dems had enough fight in 'em to do something like this but they've consistently shown the opposite.
We cannot guarantee any progressive legislation until the fascists in SCOUTS are either removed or the court is stacked with progressives
No reason not to try. Keep the fascists on the defensive.
This isn't a federal law, these are State laws, and the Constitution very clearly gives electoral power to the States. So much that even this extremely partison ratfucking SCOTUS has avoided taking related cases.
The only issue with the Compact, as pointed out in the article, is that the US Constitution also says States cannot enter into an inter-state Compact without Congressional approval. So they're at odds with each other. However, that would only require a basic approval by the House and Senate, it doesn't involve the President at all. Still some big hurdles, but not nearly as many as two days ago.
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If you care about this issue (or others like affordability or investigations into corruption), try to talk to them/their staff about it in person. With enough voices doing so, it's harder to ignore.
Here's an example containing information on how to do so, if you're invested in doing something and not just posting online about it: https://www.thoughtco.com/meeting-with-your-members-of-congress-3322076
It also shows how to write to them if that's all that can be managed. Encourage others to do the same and respectfully hold them accountable to their mission statements. They may have been voted in, but they need to hear from their constituents to learn more about why.
I am sure they'll do it. Just, how much ya want to bet a Republican undoes it the next time they take over a state that's a part of it?