Thursday, February 13, 2020

An Intractable Constitutional Problem

Here's something that could well lead to secession by the larger states.

Basically the small states hold much more leverage in the Senate and the Electoral College.  My feeling is that if Point 1 in the article continues to be an inbalance between votes cast and electoral results, there will be inevitable desire to secede.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/30/20997046/constitution-electoral-college-senate-popular-vote-trump


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