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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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  - ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Not thwe question, the question was “why does state matter at all?” State could matter because different states are different, America big n’ such.
    
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    PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    And moving to STAR/approval voting would directly reflect each state far better than the electoral college ever could.
    
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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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  - ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Presidents that seem to like executive decrees these days*
    
    Idk man, not saying it’s likely they’d do that, just saying “having a few cities be largely responsible for selecting the head of the executive branch may not be desireable to those living in between.”
    
    Figured people would be able to not take everything literal, but this is the internet where metaphor is replaced with dunking on someone you decide is mentally inferior, my mistake.
    
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