I feel like the electoral vote discourages people from voting. Why would a republican vote in California if it's going to the democrats anyway? Why would a democrat vote in Texas if it's most likely going to the republicans?
Why should a Californian vote matter less than a vote from Wyoming?
Idk I see more bad than good coming from it. Not to say that there isn't any good coming from it.
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That photo is completely invalid... they have 3 because it is the MINIMUM possible, so even if there were 5 people in a state they would have 3
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That's the problem
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That just means the bigger population states need more. Not that the smaller ones need less.
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Also, that picture is very clearly biased. California is 1 state out of 50. It should get 1/50th of the say in the country.
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California is 39 million people out of 319 million. It should get 12% of a say in the country.
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The values and interest of people in california may not be shared by most of the other states. That is the reason for the college. Same applies to cities and rural areas. The government sold out American jobs to make their wallets fat and that is the only reason trump one. Will he bring jobs back. Who knows.
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[quote]The values and interest of people in california may not be shared by most of the other states.[/quote] Ah yes, the folly of governing. Trying to rule millions of unique individuals with one set of laws. [quote]The government sold out American jobs to make their wallets fat and that is the only reason trump one.[/quote] Anti-intellectualism is the reason Trump won. Seems like the blue collars can't understand that it is simply cheaper and more efficient for their work to shift overseas. Service is the modern way of the First World, not manufacturing. The sooner the masses understand that, the sooner we can shift the focus from economic grumbles with an expanding and evolving world, to social and environmental issues that affect much more. [quote]Will he bring jobs back. Who knows.[/quote] He won't.
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Good Question. Now you understand why people move south
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The better question is why would smaller, rural states want to be held to a system with larger, urban populations that could completely over run them?
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The question is, how does the president, a single office, invalidate their elections for congress and Senate? No matter what, a large portion of the countires votes for president become null, because only one Candidate can win. The presidential election doesn't mean rural areas get over run.
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That's a problem for sure
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Your flaw in logic is that the electoral college isn't split in those states. It's either they all go Democrat or Republican.
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I understand it's split. That's my main reasoning
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Then move to a place that shares your ideals.
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I live in a place that shares my ideals haha. But lots of people don't.
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Sucks to suck