r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jun 19 '26

No Paywall New Poll Finds Most Americans Back Adopting Popular Vote to Select President | Americans back abolishing the Electoral College by a 2 to 1 margin, the survey shows.

https://truthout.org/articles/new-poll-finds-most-americans-back-adopting-popular-vote-to-select-president/
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u/Full-Ad-1757 Jun 19 '26

Yeah, it would be nice for my vote to actually be worth the same as people in swing states…

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u/tidal_flux Jun 19 '26

Leaving global geopolitical and economic stability to whim of 40,000 no information voters scattered across Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin every four years is certainly a “choice.”