Agreed. It seems that the Republic as founded is broken.Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 3:27 pm The electoral college performed its intended function for a long time. However, as the U.S. population became increasingly more consolidated in a just a few states, the goal of the electoral college cannot be achieved.It will never happen, but the Constitution needs to be amended to provide for electing the President and VP by a simple majority of the states. The President should be the President for all states and he should be equally concerned about the residents of all states. That's not the case when you must cater to large population areas.
Yes, it would be possible to have a tie, however that's highly unlikely. It's also easy to deal with a tie by using the percentage of victory in each state. For example, if the winning candidate received 5% more votes, then he gets 5 "points." In a tie, whoever gets more "points" wins the election.
Again, it will never happen.
Chas.
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