225 Elizabeth Warren -- My goal is to get elected—but I plan to be the last American president to be elected by the Electoral College. I want my second term to be elected by direct vote. (twitter.com) posted 1 year ago by Belleoffreedom 1 year ago by Belleoffreedom +225 / -0 24 comments share 24 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (24) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 5 ▼ – CQVFEFE 5 points 1 year ago +5 / -0 >Can you come up with a list of 13 states that would be very unlikely to do so? Let's see... AK WY ND SD ID MT NV KS MO AR OK NM UT LOL exactly 13 on first shot :p permalink save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – DisgustedByMisleadia 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0 Add TX, LA, AL and MS. TX has a high population, but the Republicans control both legislatures by a substantial margin. However, I wouldn't count on NM and NV. Both are controlled by Democrats. Here's a map of state legislative control: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/US_State_Government_Control_Map.svg permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – OhLollyLollyPop 1 point 1 year ago +1 / -0 Not sure that is currently accurate for Virginia. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – DisgustedByMisleadia 1 point 1 year ago +1 / -0 No, it's not. The map hasn't been updated since December, 2017. Thanks for the correction. I got it from this article, which was updated in August, 2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures#State_legislatures It reflects Democrat control of the VA legislature. permalink parent save report block reply
>Can you come up with a list of 13 states that would be very unlikely to do so?
Let's see...
AK WY ND SD ID MT NV KS MO AR OK NM UT
LOL exactly 13 on first shot :p
Add TX, LA, AL and MS. TX has a high population, but the Republicans control both legislatures by a substantial margin.
However, I wouldn't count on NM and NV. Both are controlled by Democrats.
Here's a map of state legislative control:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/US_State_Government_Control_Map.svg
Not sure that is currently accurate for Virginia.
No, it's not. The map hasn't been updated since December, 2017. Thanks for the correction.
I got it from this article, which was updated in August, 2019:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures#State_legislatures
It reflects Democrat control of the VA legislature.