There’s nothing new about calls to replace the Electoral College with a national popular vote. Until recently, partisans on both sides supported a constitutional amendment to do such a thing. Frustration over a polarized and politicized Supreme Court has been going on forever. Activists on both sides have been pushing their parties to abandon the filibuster rule.
But for the first time that I can remember, serious presidential candidates aren’t simply nodding along in sympathy with these grassroots frustrations, but they are openly embracing them. …
What changed? In a word: Trump. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report