Jonah Goldberg’s arguments for not scrapping the Electoral College seem to argue for scrapping it (“Scrapping the electoral college is bad idea,” Sept. 18). If Mr. Biden loses it, he needs to draw to an inside straight and win Michigan and either North Carolina or Wisconsin, and hold onto Minnesota. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on.

Dionne writes about politics in a twice-weekly column for The Washington Post. Since Mr. Trump received 306 electoral votes in 2016, he can afford to lose 36 votes this time (25 if Arizona flips) and still be re-elected. Our founders admitted that the, college system they created in the original Constitution was defective by altering it with the 12th Amendment in 1804, . (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post). There is nothing normal or democratic about choosing our president through a system that makes it ever more likely that the candidate who garners fewer votes will nonetheless assume power. (The District of Columbia gets three, despite the fact that the home to Congress has no vote in Congress.) Take the case of our blithe acceptance of the electoral college. His latest book is “Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country.”.

That pattern of victories is unlikely. The assumptions underlying a controversy are often more important than the controversy itself. At some point, the majority will rise up. It’s time we followed their lead in showing the same willingness to scrap a system that is sending us headlong into a national crisis. Then he argues it’s undesirable for the government to answer to “50% plus one of voter." Fluker; he says he fears for daughter’s safety, Orioles reset: Shortened 2020 season can’t be considered more than a qualified success, Man carjacked at Towson Place shopping center: Towson and Cockeysville area crime, ‘Monday Night Football’ analyst Brian Griese on Ravens’ Lamar Jackson, AFC pecking order and more, Authentic listed as 9-5 Preakness favorite; Kentucky Derby champ will start from No. David Von Drehle: Abolish the electoral college? We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. | READER COMMENTARY, Ellicott City man found guilty in federal court of drug trafficking, weapons charges, Family of slain Baltimore woman, child say charges against alleged killer were long time coming; dispute her characterization as a drug dealer. or democratic about choosing our president through a system that makes it ever more likely that the candidate who garners fewer votes will nonetheless assume power. The Electoral College is a body of electors established by the United States Constitution, which forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the United States.The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, and an absolute majority of at least 270 electoral votes is required to win the election. But while I have great affection for the Midwest, I see no just reason for an individual voter in California having far less power than an individual voter in, say, Wisconsin or Michigan. In Pennsylvania, his average lead in the “poll of polls” at Real Clear Politics is 4.3 percentage points, although Mr. Trump has tied him in a recent survey. Mr. Goldberg further claims if the Electoral College were eliminated, “Candidates would be incentivized to rack up huge majorities among their bases." As a short-term strategic matter, Cohn is right to stress the importance to the 2020 result of states that were closely divided in 2016.

This transforms our democracy into a casino.

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