While there was no evidence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, there were (as always) a few fraudulent votes. There are always a few fraudulent votes---usually running roughly 50-50 between the parties. The evidence is overwhelming that Biden won and that it was a fair election.
While there was no evidence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, there were (as always) a few fraudulent votes. There are always a few fraudulent votes---usually running roughly 50-50 between the parties. The evidence is overwhelming that Biden won and that it was a fair election.
So much for that. But Charlie of SF Bay shows what can happen if an election is close. People will not believe the result. There will always be suspicions of mistakes in the count and machines breaking down and people prevented from voting. Along those lines consider what happened in the past if in a tight election one side won because there was rain on election day. The rain helped on side and hurt the other. But people accepted that was the result. Would people be so willing to accept the result today? In North Carolina, if the roads are not all fixed by election day would the loser accept a loss?
So consider a national election in which the vote is close. Would the losing side accept it? Would the election be questioned forever? So I suggest that any national popular vote have a backup plan if it is very close, and that backup plan probably would have to be the Electoral College. So, yes, we should have a national popular vote. But let us be realistic. It has not been a close vote for a long time---but it could happen.
While there was no evidence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, there were (as always) a few fraudulent votes. There are always a few fraudulent votes---usually running roughly 50-50 between the parties. The evidence is overwhelming that Biden won and that it was a fair election.
So much for that. But Charlie of SF Bay shows what can happen if an election is close. People will not believe the result. There will always be suspicions of mistakes in the count and machines breaking down and people prevented from voting. Along those lines consider what happened in the past if in a tight election one side won because there was rain on election day. The rain helped on side and hurt the other. But people accepted that was the result. Would people be so willing to accept the result today? In North Carolina, if the roads are not all fixed by election day would the loser accept a loss?
So consider a national election in which the vote is close. Would the losing side accept it? Would the election be questioned forever? So I suggest that any national popular vote have a backup plan if it is very close, and that backup plan probably would have to be the Electoral College. So, yes, we should have a national popular vote. But let us be realistic. It has not been a close vote for a long time---but it could happen.