How big of a vote gap would it take for you to drop the Electoral College?

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(04-02-2019, 07:56 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: The contemporary case against the Electoral College has been talked about for a while, particularly after 2001. The idea that someone could lose by millions of votes and still win the EC was seen as an incredibly unlikely scenario. It happened though. Clinton had 3 million more people vote for her but lost because 108,000 people in 3 states didn't vote for her. The chances of that are very narrow.

It certainly was a legitimate factor in the election and worth noting.

It was only a legitimate factor in the last election because Monday Morning QBs made it so. Perhaps it has recieved a little more attention than "noting". 

You cannot (IMO) point to a factor that was not part of the dynamic and say "see this is a legitimate factor". Every candidate (their strategists) in that election ran knowing how the EC works and they campaigned accordingly. It's just like stating the Buffalo's victory against Miami should be called into question because Miami had more yards and that was a legitimate factor that should be noted in the outcome . Make the rules before the game the team with the most yards wins and you have no issue, but go into the game knowing the team with the most points wins, then total yard is moot (aka not legitimate)