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Originally Posted by ladybruin
"Ever" is a mighty long time.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is moving along at a reasonable pace to potentially replace the Electoral College in the next maybe 100 years. And I picked 100 years just for the heck of it because about 110 years ago United States senators were not directly elected by voters. So saying something isn't likely to "ever" change is a bit silly. There have been 27 amendments to the Constitution. I could match your perdicting the future by saying the NPVIC reaches 270 electoral college states and then it essential prompts the idea of making the crap super official with an amendment and nothing at all is given as compensation to the smaller states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation...ectoral%20vote.
Ladybruin, I posted "unlikely to ever" be replaced without some other compensating provisions for the lesser populated states …; I didn't post “never”.
If as few as 1/3 of our states are among our nation's lesser populated states, I don't believe those lesser populated states' governments, or their senators, or their voters would support a National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, (NPVIC) enabling constitutional amendment, unless their states are sufficiently compensated for their loss of political leverage.
Lacking a constitutional amendment, the 17 nations that signed on to the NPVIC could this year begin exercising their substantial political power. (We never can be certain of our power's extents, until we actually have the need exercise those powers).
Without a constitutional amendment, what happens when one or more of the states chooses to resign from the NPVIC? Respectfully, Supposn