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SETMAYER: "Well, first of all, we’re a republic, not a democracy, and our founding fathers did that for a reason because they didn’t want the tyranny of the majority which is what would happen if you went to a direct democracy vote. Guess what? Elizabeth Warren wouldn’t be in Jackson, Mississippi, if that were the case either because that’s not where the votes are. She’d be in California, New York and Texas. Also when you look at it with the different movements, I know that there’s some expansion of this movement now, you have I think 11 states that are saying this national populist vote movement, Colorado just joined, this is where also an example of where state legislatures matter because states have to — are the ones that are really in control of their electoral votes and what they do with them. Maine and Nebraska have decided to split their electoral votes, most other states are winner-take-all. Now you have this movement where you have some states that are saying, well, we might have a proportional representation of our electoral votes, but you still — there’s a lot that would have to happen in order for that to change.”