As you know, some Democrats who are running for president have called for the abolition of the Electoral College in favor of a national popular vote. Here’s a small sampling:
Democrat Beto O’Rourke: “there’s a lot of wisdom” in abolishing the electoral college pic.twitter.com/T0LtAXXgyA
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) March 20, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris: 'I'm open' to abolishing Electoral College https://t.co/XZo57wsznB
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) March 20, 2019
Avenge Hillary! Elizabeth Warren wins over CNN’s town hall crowd with ‘popular vote’ cheerleading https://t.co/BcJssXDKLP
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 19, 2019
And many other Dems have applauded those calls to scrap the Electoral College in favor of a national vote. With that in mind, perhaps the DNC could lead by example and show the nation how it should be done:
When is the national popular vote Democratic presidential primary?
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) March 20, 2019
Hey, great question!
I'm starting to hear from conservatives who want Dems to skip Iowa and NH, in favor of a one-day national primary vote. After all, if you think the electoral college is unfair, why not skip the delegate (and superdelegate) stuff and lead by example?
— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) March 20, 2019
Maybe they should run their primaries this way first?
— Rich Weinstein (@phillyrich1) March 20, 2019
THIS is a great idea.
One national Democratic primary.
No delegates. Pure democracy.
Put your money where your mouth is Dems. Do it now.
Every vote counts. https://t.co/0bTz4SYjbE— Joseph Spiegel (@joedocbc) March 20, 2019
Will the 2020 Democrat field call for a national popular vote to choose their candidate in lieu of state primaries that they say violate the “one person, one vote” rule nationwide? Yeah, we don’t think so either.