'National Popular Vote' scheme would make Michigan electorally irrelevant
Michigan voters have long played a pivotal role in presidential elections, until now. The House Elections Committee in Lansing recently approved House Bill 156, legislation which would e…
It would make all states politically irrelevant, which means that a vote in California would be worth the same as a vote in Wyoming. Under the electoral college, a Wyoming vote is worth 3x a California vote.
It also only goes into effect only if it removes other swing states’ influence. It’s not like Michigan is going to give up its status while Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida continue to be swing states.
It’s also weird that since 1992, only one Republican presidential candidate has won the national popular vote, and yet 3 have won election (counting W twice). That doesn’t sound like a healthy democracy.
No longer would Michigan’s fifteen electoral votes go to the presidential candidate who wins support from a majority of the state’s voters. Rather, they would be assigned to whichever candidate gets the most total votes across all the nation’s various state election systems.
Um... good. That's the most fair way to vote: the person with the most votes wins.
This article is WILDLY biased to the right