Let the People Pick the President

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

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The electoral college has quite literally NEVER worked. This is a vitally important read. Every law maker should have to read this book, at every level of government. Every high school student should have to read this book. Every college student should have to read it again. The “American Experiment” failed when the first president was elected.
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GingerAntics For an afterthought the founding fathers agreed on quickly so they could just go home already, this shouldn‘t exist anymore. It‘s time we get rid of this thing and let people vote directly for the president or stop calling this country a democracy or a republic, because we are upholding neither with this system. #JesseWegman #LetThePeoplePickThePresident
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AnnCrystal Truth! My mom and I have talked about this for years. The electoral college is an insult to the American People ✊🏼🤬✊🏼. 21h

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GingerAntics @AnnCrystal the continental congress waited until the last minute to discuss how the president should be elected, so they were coming up with whatever “for now” just to go home. Then the very first election, it was corrupt in the exact way they worried it would be. Now, you‘d think they would have discussed after that, but wait, they did. They couldn‘t get the slave states to agree to one person one vote. 20h

AnnCrystal @GingerAntics just pathetically shameful 🥺🇺🇸😢. 15h

GingerAntics @AnnCrystal it is entirely shameful. They have tried 107 times to get rid of it and the closest they got was in the 1970s actually. 3h

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GingerAntics

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

The “founding fathers” had two basic views of having a single person in the presidency. Which do you think has worked out to be the most accurate, 239 years later?
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Amiable Given that the current president is acting like a tyrant with the help of the other two branches of government, I‘d say that option 2 isn‘t the fail-safe that the founders had envisioned. 1d

ravenlee I don‘t think they ever imagined that so many people would be complicit in this kind of takeover. Surely Congress would stand up for their own power, if not for the people, right? Surely the Supreme Court would hold the others accountable, right? 1d

GingerAntics @Amiable oh, it didn‘t even survive the first election. The people have tried to abolish it 107 times in our history. There is currently a movement to still use it, but make it void since we are obviously never getting rid of this thing. 1d

GingerAntics @ravenlee oh, it was doomed from the start. They had problems with the very first election. This book was a real trip. 1d

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GingerAntics

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

Continuing with the scariest reading I can possibly imagine at the moment.
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Sharpeipup

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

Seems fitting for Election Day.

BookwormAHN I wish they would do that. 2y

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Amiable

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

Just got my latest order.

BarbaraBB My long time wish for the US! 5y

Hooked_on_books I found this book very enlightening and am now fully on board with doing away with the electoral college. 5y

Amiable @Hooked_on_books I have long been an advocate as well —I‘m planning to give this to my boss who thinks the electoral college is the best thing for our country. 🙄😖 5y

Amiable @BarbaraBB Mine, too! 👍🏼 5y

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Hooked_on_books

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

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Using history and factual information, Wegman details here how the Electoral College system actually leaves out the majority of the electorate and how fixing this issue is nonpartisan. This is a very informative, readable book. I suspected the EC was likely a bad thing and now I‘m sure of it. A great read for anyone curious about the US electoral system.

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

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Feel like your vote for President doesn‘t really count b/c of the Electoral College? You‘re not wrong. And Wegman explains why. More importantly, he explains what‘s happening to make every vote count equally towards electing our Presidents. This is a bipartisan effort and book (which you know is rare for me). Very approachable if you‘re not much of a political reader. 4/5 stars

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com #thebibliophage2020

BarbaraTheBibliophage Counting this as my #aboutelections choice for #nonfictioncallenge2020. @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 5y

MsMelissa I‘m not American, so as an outsider I can say that I don‘t understand the U.S. Electoral College system at all. But our system isn‘t perfect either. Our current Prime Minister‘s political party lost the overall popular vote in our last election, but still won more seats in the House of Commons so they‘ve formed a minority government. 5y

Kimberlone I live in Alaska and this could not be more true. We only get 3 electoral votes AND by the time polls close at 8 pm, it‘s already midnight on the east coast so the outcome has already basically been decided. I 100% believe that it should be one man, one vote. The politics of changing the electoral college has nothing to do with it, it‘s just plain unfair. 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @Book_Fiend_Melissa I think a lot of the various worldwide electoral systems are wonky. But yours and mine (usually) are still better than authoritarian regimes. I‘ll take it! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Kimberlone Agreed. We do this one person - one vote for every other type of election. States have to make changes to how their electoral votes are awarded (to the national@popular vote winner). The process has started it just needs to keep moving forward. 5y

MsMelissa So true! Personally, I‘d like to see Canada move to a proportional representation system. 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

#audiobookandhook I spent a few hours today making a blue coaster and a yellow cast iron handle cover. This book—I keep having to rewind!

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

Diving into this one. I‘ve been threatening to start it for weeks. Now is the time! #netgalley #arc #alwaysbehind

CoffeeK8 This was great but also enraging 5y

eraderneely We‘re voting on this in Colorado this fall! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @CoffeeK8 Yes, I‘m already feeling that. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @eraderneely Super! This book has all the details ... 5y

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CoffeeK8

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

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Get rid of the Electoral College, stat! I had always vaguely believed this with no data or real understanding of the history. This book gave me a firm understanding of it‘s original purpose, how it‘s changed over time and why it‘s unfair/unequal. Highly recommend this book, even if you are against the idea.

Megabooks I am totally against the EC! 5y

MemoirsForMe 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 5y

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CoffeeK8

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

9 books read this week (let‘s hear it for summer vacation 🎉)
🎧 3 audiobooks
🏛 2 library loans
3 books by BIPOC authors
#bookreport #weeklyreading

Bookzombie What a great week!!! 5y

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CoffeeK8

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

I had company on today‘s #audiowalk.

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CoffeeK8

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

Today‘s #audiowalk before the rain & a beautiful flower from my garden (I don‘t remember what it‘s called)

SamAnne Beebalm! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage I call these my Muppet plants! @SamAnne 😎 5y

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Floresj

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

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This book is a great history of the Electoral College (the way it is run now wasn‘t exactly what the Founding Fathers had in mind). Good arguments, data, and interesting myth debunking. Quick read with plenty to think about. Once again, it‘s about those who have a disproportionate amount of power to change to make one person, one vote a reality.

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eraderneely

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

May #bookreport

I genuinely liked everything I read this month. And I‘m looking forward to the other 3, and whatever my book club picks.

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Cinfhen I need to pick up this book ~ thanks for putting it back on my radar

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eraderneely @Cinfhen it‘s a quiet book, so wait until you‘re in a quiet place in your life 5y

Cinfhen Ok, I will ~ thanks 5y

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Well-ReadNeck

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College | Jesse Wegman

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Highly recommend this well-articulated argument to abolish the Electoral College. I was planning to see the author in a couple of weeks, but the event was canceled. Hope it will be re-scheduled later. #arc #netgalley

BarbaraTheBibliophage Oooh! I need this! Just went to NetGalley and it‘s in my Kindle app now. Yay! Thanks 6y

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