Jamie Raskin DESTROYS The Electoral College In 3 Minutes

Jamie is both my lawyer and my congressman. Here are my comments:

If we had 7 regions of equal electoral vote strength, with 3 votes per region (the regional VP, regional house, regional senate) then we could elect the POTUS every 2 years indirectly with no chance of a Donald Trump ever serving, which is the kind of thing the EC was trying to manage.

Short of that, have a 50 state compact using the Nebraska/Maine system and having the additional 2 EVs per state go to popular vote winner. Of course, that would still leave most seats "safe" and further narrow the field, which is the problem with a 50-50 electorate.

What we need most is a new consensus that appeals to our better angels and is a bit more economically radical. Until we kick the neo-liberals to the curb, we will have what is a neo-liberal/social democratic consensus in both parties with the balance between social reaction v. identity politics. We cannot sustain this.