Why the Framers' Electoral College Still Gives Wisconsin, and Every State, a Voice Worth Keeping
Wisconsin's governor-elect says the state can 'do away with' the Electoral College. Article II, Hamilton's Federalist 68 and hard lessons from close elections make the case for keeping a system built on the states.
By BENJAMIN STONEPushback · Nov 11, 8:30 PM
WASHINGTON — A Wisconsin Democrat's promise to scrap the way Americans choose their president deserves a serious answer, and the Constitution, the founders and a century of close elections supply one.
Wisconsin Governor-elect David Crowley, a Democrat, told the Associated Press that his state can leave the Electoral College behind. "We can do away with it," he said, adding that he wants to open those talks with a Legislature his party will control for the first time in 16 years. The Daily Wire reported that Crowley called the current system an outdated way to choose a president and said the office should go to whoever wins the most votes across the country, not the most electoral votes.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a possible 2028 contender, said on a podcast over the weekend that he still favors a national popular vote and will work with lawmakers on a way to get there, the AP reported.
The vehicle is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Each member state pledges to give all of its electors to the candidate with the most votes nationwide, no matter how its own voters decide, and the pledge switches on only when members hold the 270 electoral votes that…
