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Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised at a 5 million vote majority losing the Electoral College again. It's a structural problem, not one of the individual candida
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised at a 5 million vote majority losing the Electoral College again. It's a structural problem, not one of the individual candidates. The system was designed to over-enfranchise rural landowners, particularly slave-holders. The more the population urbanizes, the greater the skew of the College vote away from the popular vote.
- exclusiv 10y agoIt's designed to require a President that has trans-regional appeal. It does pretty well at that.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoI don't really see how, seeing as the President doesn't end up having to appeal to rural Californian Republicans, urban Texas Democrats, or in fact anyone outside the four or so "swing states" whose outcomes actually have nonzero uncertainty. It's been most effective at setting the stage for regional warfare or breakup of the USA along the lines of the Civil War.
- basch 10y agoWhich wouldnt be as big a problem if electors were not chosen by political party loyalty, and bound.
- exclusiv 10y agoIt certainly does. You can't win the Presidency unless you have appeal across several regions. Hillary crushed the northeast and the west coast but that was mostly it regionally and she didn't win. A little appeal in the southeast or midwest and she would have won.