NightlyPoe said:
the-pi-guy said:
If it's a Democrat problem, why do you have such an issue with Democrats wanting to fix Democrat problems?
>Republicans don't play fair? They seem to be the only ones protecting the Electoral College.
Something about where you live affecting how much your vote counts doesn't seem very fair.
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Democrats in 2000 and 2016 believed that the electoral college would grant them the victory (remember the "blue wall" anyone?). In both cases, they would have happily taken the win if the election had turned out differently.
Difference really is that Republicans wouldn't have spent years complaining about it.
Same thing happened with gerrymandering. For the whole 2nd half of the 20th century it helped Democrats remain the nation's de facto ruling party in Congress and in state legislatures. The moment that Republicans got the upper hand in it, it became a bad thing.
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Yeah I made similar comment in comparing this situation to FDR wanting to pack the court to get his way. When Republicans lose, they accept it and sometimes protest. When Democrats lose, they protest (that's fine), riot (not good), try to kill those that oppose them (horrendous), and call for the abolition of institutions (electoral college) or pack the courts.
