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Reward how? The electoral college system determines the election of president. How does one state being more populated matter? Votes are distributed equally acr
by komali2 7y ago
Reward how? The electoral college system determines the election of president. How does one state being more populated matter? Votes are distributed equally across all citizens.
- TylerE 7y agoNo they aren't, that's the whole problem! http://theconversation.com/whose-votes-count-the-least-in-the-electoral-college-74280 http://theconversation.com/whose-votes-count-the-least-in-th... Look at the huge disparity towards small rural states. This is bad, but it's even worse because due to the effect of the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 (https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Permanent-Apportionment-Act-of-1929 https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/Th...) the number of Represenatives has been fixed at 435 for almost 100 years, and since the smallest number of electoral votes a state can have is 3, this makes the small states even more overpowered than they would be in a "fair" electoral college system. Why should a voter in Wyoming have 3.71x as much weight (effectively) as mine does a North Carolinian?
- komali2 7y agoSorry, I meant in a universal vote program, i.e if there's no electoral college.