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The popular vote is meaningless. Everybody knew the system. There is no incentive to vote in states-not-perceived-as-swing-states. It's not clear from this elec
by davrosthedalek 10y ago
The popular vote is meaningless. Everybody knew the system. There is no incentive to vote in states-not-perceived-as-swing-states. It's not clear from this election who would have one a straight up popular vote.
Also: The voting system America has is an important step to protect minority groups, that is, small population states. Maybe the winner-takes-all in the states has to be modified.
- SomeStupidPoint 10y agoThe president is meant to represent the populace more closely than it does, as should the House. The Senate is meant to protect less populace states. Really, the problem is capping the number of representatives at around 450. We should have something like 1000-3000 members of the house, which if distributed by population would fix most people's problems with the electoral college. Basically, Congress got selfish and broke the balance of power for the country to entrench their own, and now the states that don't do much have too much say, and basically slow the country down.
- JadeNB 10y ago> minority groups, that is, small population states. I'm not sure that this synonymy is justified.