Comment on Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College

• PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The whole point is that the electoral college is a bad way of determining agreement.

  All votes should be equal.

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  • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The whole point of the electoral college is to give equitable representation to every state.

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    • PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      But it isn’t equitable because politicians only ever pay attention to swing states.

      And people should be represented equally. The location of a citizen shouldn’t effect the strength of their voice.

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      • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If it was population based, they’d only pay attention to large populations.

        Don’t get me wrong, I continue not to care.

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    • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why does the state matter at all…?

      Why should a vote be counted differently depending on the state it was cast in?

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      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Tbf I guess it makes a bit of sense, if say LA, NYC, CHI, and DC all vote to ban cars because they feasibly can and they have the population density to make it happen, some guy in Nebraska who’s nearest neighbor is 15mi away might be upset that he has to get a horse and buggy to buy cold cuts at the costco. On the one hand, fuck him, he should abandon his farm, life, and friends and move to the city (to starve with the rest of us I guess, if all the farmers move), but on the other they probably don’t want to do that which is why they live where they do now.

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    • abbotsbury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pretty sure that’s the senate.

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