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by andrepd 321 days ago
The electoral college is a rubber stamp of the popular vote (per state). The commission is selected by the member-states governments with no electoral input. You cannot be making this argument in good faith...
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The member-states governments are elected by popular vote, per state, just as electors are. It is the same level of indirection, whichever way you try to reframe it.
There's no way you're seriously making this argument. I don't know what else to say except repeat myself.

The US electoral college is an historical artifact that simply rubber stamps the votes of the States. The member states' heads of government make the decision themselves! The equivalent would be the electoral college simply voting for the president themselves.

Jesus christ.

> The equivalent would be the electoral college simply voting for the president themselves.

That is... exactly what they are doing?

The electoral college delegates choose the president of their own free will? There is no presidential election? You literally have to be trawling at this point.
The electoral college is elected. It then chooses the president, who is not elected by the people. The electoral college is not necessarily reflective of the popular vote, as famously demonstrated by the 2016 election.

All of this is simple fact. I'm not sure what you're trying to get at.

The term presidential election is a euphemizing misnomer, more accurately it would be called presidential electoral college election.

If you don't mind me asking, are you autistic? You are conflating the de jure (winning the popular vote wins you the state's electors) with the de facto (the electors are a pro forma/rubber stamp).