I was just thinking this morning about how this is probably the biggest property of recent memory that hasn't been given any attention lately. Which I'm okay with, but I'd totally watch another movie set in the world of The Matrix. I just hope the Wachowskis don't do it, because everything I've seen of theirs since the Matrix has been kinda bad.
@canadianmath: I think the problem is we needed all of this talk about the system being unfair way before this election. I saw very little protesting against the system, only against Trump.
Maybe something will change for 2020 but the legwork for that has to begin before we get deep into another election.
Considering that the only way republicans can get the president in this day and age is through the electoral college (see Bush, Trump), this will never change. Especially now that they have the president, the congress and get to put forward a new supreme court justice. The majority of people hasn't wanted a republican president since George H.W. Bush.
It wouldn't change if the Democrats controlled everything either. It would take a Constitutional Amendment and therefore would require 2/3 of both houses to approve. Neither party wants that.
There's another way. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact seeks to effectively abolish the Electoral College through state level legislation. Every state that joins the compact promises to award their points to whichever candidate wins the popular vote, but it doesn't take effect until enough states have joined to secure a majority. Right now they have 60% of what they need. Its the surest way to change to a popular vote, if that's a change you want then spread the word while people are still angry.
This is what I feared would happen if Hillary Clinton was the democratic nominee. She's been under a political spotlight for a quarter of a century, and that left a lot of baggage. There was no enthusiasm behind her, she shouldn't have even run. Over the next 4 years I'll take whatever comfort I can in the fact that I cast every vote I could to keep Trump out of office. I just hope that this fires up and strengthens the democratic party as a whole, and they come back in 2020 like a storm. Maybe yet another example of the candidate with fewer votes winning will help the popular vote movement gain traction.
There are lots of games I need to play by the end of the year but the ones I'm worried they'll spoil for me are Gears 4, Mafia III, The Witness, and Inside.
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