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

• 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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      • blazera@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Theres only one population, the US population

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      • FabioTheNewOrder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I love how conservatives do not care about any topic yet they spend their precious time writing tons of comments on topics they definitely do not care about…

        It’s nice to see who the real snowflakes are from time to time :D

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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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      • PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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

        Nobody is trying to do that. That’s just a boogeyman the media is telling you to get you riled up.

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      • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s not “being fair” that’s “being unaware that the presidential election is only for selecting a president”

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  • abbotsbury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pretty sure that’s the senate.

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