Governor Andy Beshear says voters in Kentucky would benefit if the United States switched to a popular vote based presidential election system, replacing the Electoral College.

The governor talked about it during his news conference yesterday.

I support any change that gets us closer to every single state being a part of of a presidential election.

I think that a popular vote would be a better form of democracy where we would see more candidates come to Kentucky, but also come to two other states where turning out that many more Kentuckians matters just as much as turning out that many more people in Arizona or somewhere else.

Just the the idea that we could all every single American be a important part and feel like an important part of these elections and those that are running would then have to have messages for all of America.

I think that drives people towards common ground and common sense, because if you've got a run in Kentucky for every vote, just like you've got to run in in other states, then and again, I think it gets us closer to a place where we can govern in a way that lifts all Americans up, that we're not push towards any extreme, that we don't write off crazy things that some candidates may or may not say, but but that we would truly get an election for all Americans.

I think to do that, we would ultimately have to abolish the Electoral College.

I know that's been with us a long time, but but we see where things currently stand.

The governor conceded that it doesn't appear that the US will abolish the Electoral College system any time soon.

US Senator Mitch McConnell responded to the governor's call to abolish the Electoral College.

Quote He says Democrats disregard and borderline disdain for the constitutional guardrails that safeguard our political system has lurked below the surface of their rhetoric for a long, long time.

No institution is too dear if it stands between a Democrat and their progressive reform aims to preserve democracy.

The standard euphemism for partizan power grabs on the left.

In quotes, State Senator Robert Stivers, a Republican and president of the Kentucky State Senate, said this, quote, Governor Beshear statement proves that he's a nationalized Democrat through and through.

His proposal for representation violates what our founding fathers, including Washington, Jefferson and others, envision for this great country.

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