# Stupid Republican idea of the day

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41318 "2019-06-18T13:10:04Z")

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**DSYoungEsq** promises that South Carolina will secede again if it loses its outsized influence on Presidential elections.

> [@The proposed National Popular Vote Interstate Compact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proposed-national-popular-vote-interstate-compact/805797/411):
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> I can tell you for a fact that you simply won’t be able to convince large swathes of the country to accept your idea of a popularly elected President. I live in South Carolina. I know the people here pretty well by now. And I can tell you without fear of contradiction that, if it ever comes to the point that the people of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York get to choose who the President over South Carolina is, the compact that is the United States will most likely unravel post haste.

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