Election Reform

PoindexterOglethorpe

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8. With the Electoral College, most people's votes simply dont count.

Mon Jun 22, 2020, 11:17 PM

Jun 2020

Especially if you are voting for the candidate who can't possibly win your state. Heck, even if your preferred candidate is going to win your state by a landslide, your one vote still hardly matters, since it's the number of Electoral College votes your state has that count.

Plus, if we went to electing by the popular vote, candidates would have to pay attention to every single state, not just concentrate on the ones that are a bit iffy.

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Supreme Court to decide the future of the Electoral College [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2020 OP

One Man One Vote montanacowboy Jun 2020 #1

Hear, hear! BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #3

Actually the Electoral College was designed to be independent. Dan Jun 2020 #2

The irony there is Donnie's brand of bigotry would have been regarded as mundane back then. unblock Jun 2020 #4

It was not designed to offer a check on bigotry, Dan Jun 2020 #5

Isn't it ironic then that both times in our lifetime when the Electoral College thucythucy Jun 2020 #6

I loved what you just said....so true Dan Jun 2020 #7

Hear hear ! nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2020 #9

With the Electoral College, most people's votes simply dont count. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #8

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Why the electoral college wolfie54 Aug 2020 #11