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Let's work on getting rid of lobbying and electoral college. And not work on anything else until America's government system is actually unfucked.
Anything less is the same horse and carrot show as it ever was.
Don't settle.
And fucking make Congress about representing the people, instead of self enrichment. Including stock trades on inside info
There is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact that is close to succeeding.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
Kind of a workaround but with the same result
No doubt there will be a legal battle, but there are 6 states with pending votes, and those six would be enough to cross the 270 electoral vote threshold. The legal battle will hopefully bring it into greater public consciousness.
It only needs approval from enough states to total 270 electoral votes among themselves to kick in, because those states will have pledged their electoral votes to the popular winner, even if the vote in any of those states favors another candidate. This is covered in the Wikipedia article linked above.