The End of the Electoral College Is Closer Than You Think | Intellectual Takeout

The End of the Electoral College Is Closer Than You Think | Intellectual Takeout
"Two hundred seventy votes. 
That’s all that’s needed for state legislatures to undermine the checks and balances imposed by the Electoral College. 
The National Popular Vote bill already has the approval of 16 jurisdictions with 196 votes. 
Once it hits a majority of the 538 electoral votes (270), it will be a binding agreement among these jurisdictions

...To win the popular vote, one could simply head to the most popular cities. Campaigns that had to balance attention to the variety of voters in different regions under the electoral college, could instead focus solely on people attracted to cities..."

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