Is this a problem that can happen if the US went to the "popular vote"?

yes, there are many scenarios that can occur no matter how votes are cast.

recounts are common and should be heavily encouraged. after all, there is a reason why the Electoral College doesn't cast their ballots until Dec. 18th, and the President isn't sworn in until Jan 20 the following year.

it's to allow time to ensure a fair, n on corrupt election, or even a do-over.

i'm ALL for recounts. i think it should be standard operating procedure.

any recount would only be in a given jurisdiction state or riding

if it was a really close vote in Florida fine recount there no need for a recount everywhere else

there would probabl;y be fewer recounts becase they would have less impact on the election

think about it the way it is now with the electoral college in many cases the 29 electoral college votes from Florida could be enough to make either candidate the winner

whereas scratch the electoral college and then those votes are no longer so critical

it might represent a 2 % spread but if a candidate is ahead by 10% in the popular vote that 2 % would not be relevant it would translate to a win of 12 % or 8% in the popular vote but the same candidate wins

with the electoral college 50% +1 vote in California means 55 out of 538 electoral votes

under the rules of the electoral college system it is possible for a candidate to become President with as little as 26 % of the popular vote and that would really suck

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It'd be chaos. Remember Florida in 2000? Now multiply by 50.

If recounting votes is the worst thing that could possibly happen with a popular vote, then I'd be all for it.

And would you look at that, I'm all for it.

The problem is that NY, Texas, Florida and Cali would determine every single election

Yeah...and we can't use computers in case Anonymous messes up the election...

yes