Former Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke is feeling the crush of other candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidiential nomination, and the once self-described moderate has moved far leftward in recent days, including on the issue of upending the American electoral process by eliminating the Electoral College.
The idea — which would take some effort to pass — is, of couse, a reaction to Hillary Clinton’s dramatic Electoral College loss in 2016, which came despite Clinton winning the popular vote. Since then, the complaint has been that the Electoral College over-represents inconsequential (read as “Republican”) states, while larger (and, coincidentally more Democratic) states are under-represented.
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