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So they plan to kill super delegates?
Super delegates only vote in the second round. That's been on the books since 2020. Sure, it doesn't remove them entirely, but you just need to have the majority of pledged delegates for it to not matter.
There was a rule vote in 2024, the same time Martin got elected, that changed some stuff. So I'm assuming Martin didn't want to immediately override them when it won't matter for years.
But ideally I'd want to see the removal of all delegates, supes and normies.
Straight popular vote in the primary, 1:1 representation, and the candidate is just the person the most Dems want to vote for.
Straight popular vote for a candidate is a great way to almost guarantee losses for the electoral college.
Huh?
I thought you wanted representation...
But you don't want actual 1:1 representation?
I'll never guess it, you're going to have to share what "moderate" level of representation you believe is ideal. And obviously people are going to question why you believe more representation than that would be a negative
You need a way to ensure the presidental candidate is popular across many states, because that's part of the election. Straight popular vote can easily skew to a candidate that wins a few states by a large margin, but ultimately loses the election.
What hypothetical candidate would win all of a large state like Cali by a huge margin but lose to a Republican in enough smaller states that they lose the general?
Like, you know the EC is relatively proportional like the House, it's not set up like the Senate...
It's not all that proportional. It claims to be, but fails miserably at it due to the lack of enough seats. It's been a century since we expanded it. Population has tripped since then.
Which is why I said: