EPISODE · Oct 10, 2024 · 44 MIN
Thursday, October 10, 2024 - Electoral college telling "bad guys where to target their efforts"
from The Ron Show · host Ron Roberts
Julia Roberts making the rounds in metro Atlanta yesterday and today, along with Sen. Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams, something she said in Canton last night stood out: "It is the UNITED States of America, and we've been lacking in the 'united' part for so long." The right usually responds with a dismissive "Hollywood elite liberal" swipe - but COUSIN Julia (who says we might not be related?) is also from Georgia. MOST of Hollywood isn't from Hollywood. They're from Georgia or Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, and all parts of the nation and world. It got me to thinking about the randomness of state lines defining what kind of voter we're characterized to be and how utterly nuts it is, in the 21st century, that we allow the 18th century version of the Electoral College hold so much sway over our governance. Barry C. Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, penned a piece in August that spoke to the dangers that exist (like we don't already know) in our continuing to roll with the Electoral College vs the national popular vote. He has an idea to fix it, but so do I: un-cap The House. Then you can keep using the Electoral College, and not need a Constitutional amendment to address what the current, flawed version of the Electoral College has wrought us as a nation. There's the premise that the Electoral College is "DEI for Republicans" - which I think speaks more to what white nationalist conservatives think DEI does vs what it actually does, but I digress. There's a real problem when a 1-2% popular vote loss for a Republican presidential candidate could mean up to a 71% chance for that candidate winning, but a 1-2% loss for a Democratic candidate only gives that candidate0.6% to 1.9% of a shot, no? Incidentally, Kamala Harris leads - per Nate Silver - Donald Trump by 3.2 % - which would give her a 58-to-83% chance in winning - but certainly not "a lock." A similar margin benefitting her opponent would give him 100% odds. Hear me (and professor Burden) out, if you will. FInd out what uncapping The House would do - for blue and red states .
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Julia Roberts making the rounds in metro Atlanta yesterday and today, along with Sen. Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams, something she said in Canton last night stood out: "It is the UNITED States of America, and we've been lacking in the 'united' part for so long." The right usually responds with a dismissive "Hollywood elite liberal" swipe - but COUSIN Julia (who says we might not be related?) is also from Georgia. MOST of Hollywood isn't from Hollywood. They're from Georgia or Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, and all parts of the nation and world. It got me to thinking about the randomness of state lines defining what kind of voter we're characterized to be and how utterly nuts it is, in the 21st century, that we allow the 18th century version of the Electoral College hold so much sway over our governance. Barry C. Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, penned a piece in August that spoke to the dangers that exist (like we don't already know) in our continuing to roll with the Electoral College vs the national popular vote. He has an idea to fix it, but so do I: un-cap The House. Then you can keep using the Electoral College, and not need a Constitutional amendment to address what the current, flawed version of the Electoral College has wrought us as a nation. There's the premise that the Electoral College is "DEI for Republicans" - which I think speaks more to what white nationalist conservatives think DEI does vs what it actually does, but I digress. There's a real problem when a 1-2% popular vote loss for a Republican presidential candidate could mean up to a 71% chance for that candidate winning, but a 1-2% loss for a Democratic candidate only gives that candidate0.6% to 1.9% of a shot, no? Incidentally, Kamala Harris leads - per Nate Silver - Donald Trump by 3.2 % - which would give her a 58-to-83% chance in winning - but certainly not "a lock." A similar margin benefitting her opponent would give him 100% odds. Hear me (and professor Burden) out, if you will. FInd out what uncapping The House would do - for blue and red states .
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