I they succeed it ending the Electoral College, no state will count in any election and all elections will be decided by New York City and Southern California.
Proponents of the status quo say the Electoral College’s original intent of dispersing power is still constitutionally valid and politically desirable. The popular vote initiative “is another step toward eliminating the states as an important part of American politics,” says John Samples, director of the Center for Representative Government at the libertarian Cato Institute.
WASHINGTON – Newt Gingrich did more than himself a favor by winning the South Carolina primary.
By extending the GOP nomination fight, he ended any chance that just about a million Americans — a fraction of the nation’s population of 310 million — could have picked the Republican presidential nominee.
That scenario was possible if former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney had run the table through South Carolina and Florida, which holds its primary Tuesday. Challengers would have quit or seen donations dry up. turning primaries and caucuses from February to June into play-out-the-clock exercises.
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