One (White, Property-Owning, Gender Specific) Man, One Vote

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“My view is that every vote matters. And the way we can make that happen is that we can have national voting and that means get rid of the Electoral College.”

- Elizabeth Warren

The will of the people is clear: Democrats have won the popular vote in six of the past seven presidential elections. Yet, in the country that holds itself up as a shining example of democracy, the voter’s wishes were ignored. In two of those elections, including the last one, Republicans won the Electoral College with a minority of the vote and were given control of the Oval Office.

“I would rather have the popular vote because it’s, to me, it’s much easier to win the popular vote.”

- Donald Trump

Knowing that changing demographics are not on their side, Republicans champion this archaic system as it is the only chance they have for staying relevant in presidential elections. They will claim that the Founding Fathers were geniuses for devising the Electoral College without acknowledging that the people who drafted the Constitution did not have the best record regarding equal…