Dump the Electoral College? Some 2020 Democrats Back Liberals’ Goals
The Democratic nomination race is moving beyond stump speeches and fundraising pleas into a competition among progressives to push fundamental changes to the Constitution and Washington institutions.
Several top Democratic presidential candidates have lined up behind jettisoning the Electoral College, expanding the Supreme Court, killing the Senate filibuster and granting statehood to Washington D.C. -- all of which would likely smooth the way for the policy proposals at the heart of their agendas.
Those ideas are likely to resonate with the core of Democratic voters still bubbling with anger over...