Americans mostly back dumping the electoral college, i don't

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57. I disagree that the president will soon have the power to

to make rules for voter eligibility. That would require a Constitutional amendment since the Constitution does not give that power to the president. Trump is trying to usurp that power, but it belongs to the states.

Presidential orders are not all powerful. Several of Trump's have been ruled unconstitutional by the courts.

Presidents have been seeking more power, and the current MAGA led Congress allows Trump to do that without objections, but the courts are there to overrule Trump's . Constitutional excesses.

The EC gave us Trump when Hllary had the popular vote. Second time in my lifetime that a RW president won the EC but the majority of voters chose the Dem candidate.

The EC is an archaic system created by founders who did not trust the common people to choose the president. It is more subject to political manipulation than a straight popular vote would be because a block of states who do not represent the rest of the nation can choose the president while segments of the population in each state get disenfranchised.

I cannot support disenfranchisement of voters. Every vote must count.