Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

  • Ab_intra@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Is this not the case in the US? Sorry for not being up to date on this as I don’t live in the US.

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      The US Constitution specifies that each state must elect a senator and house of representative, must send electors to the Electoral College for President. It does not specify how.

      As such, some states have ranked choice voting. Others do not.

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        Ah I see. It’s so weird how it works. Why not federate it so those laws are the same all over? I guess it’s a reason for it but in my eyes it sounds very ineffective.

        Also the whole electoral college sounds like s bad idea i guess. But it’s also a “safe guard” i guess?

        Going a bit OT on this one.

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          Because that would require a constitutional amendment. The GOP would lose the most so not a single red state or GOP senator or congress member would vote for it. Amendments take a 2/3 majority or a constitutional convention, which requires 2/3 of the state governments to agree to it, which is even harder to pull off.

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          When the country was founded they needed to convince the state governments of a bunch of different states to agree to unify as a single nation.

          At that time state governments had more power and influence on the federal government than they do today. Senators were picked by the state government, not popularly elected as they are today, and it was left to the state governments to decide how they would conduct elections and select delegates to represent them in the Electoral College which is the actual body that picks the president.