@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • 1 year agoMajority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral Collegewww.pewresearch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1689cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoNot true, heres the county map from 2016. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016_Presidential_Election_by_County.svg
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year agoMy vote has no practical effect since I’m not in a swing state. Get rid of the EC and my vote suddenly matters just as much as a vote from PA.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoLand can’t vote, people can. Your argument sucks.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoSo only people that live in large dense cities voice’s count. Got it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoIf presidents were elected via popular vote, that would be the literal definition of “we the people”. One person, one vote.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agohttps://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/960537_81_90771_DrdO3qFgW.gif
Not true, heres the county map from 2016. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016_Presidential_Election_by_County.svg
My vote has no practical effect since I’m not in a swing state.
Get rid of the EC and my vote suddenly matters just as much as a vote from PA.
Land can’t vote, people can. Your argument sucks.
So only people that live in large dense cities voice’s count. Got it.
If presidents were elected via popular vote, that would be the literal definition of “we the people”. One person, one vote.
https://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/960537_81_90771_DrdO3qFgW.gif