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If this happens, Democrats will be very unhappy with how many Republicans there are in Upstate New York, Southern Illinois and Rural California who's vote now c
by tgafpg 7y ago
If this happens, Democrats will be very unhappy with how many Republicans there are in Upstate New York, Southern Illinois and Rural California who's vote now counts for something.
- _bxg1 7y agoIt'll mostly balance out I think, and even if it doesn't, that's hardly the point
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoNo, it kind of is the point. Democrats aren't doing this because it's more fair, they're doing it because they think they'll win more elections.
- _bxg1 7y agoBut regardless of what forces are actually pushing for it, it is more fair.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoPerhaps. But when I know that there are people with a partisan axe to grind pushing for it, I think arguments for "fair" should be regarded with a certain amount of skepticism...
- _bxg1 7y agoSure, but I think they hold up to skepticism
- zhoujianfu 7y agoThe NPVIC board actually has more Republicans than Democrats on it. https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/about https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/about
- YokoZar 7y agoThis is known as the "Winner take-all effect". The electoral college also has a small-state bias (smaller states get more electoral votes per person than larger ones). Historically, these two have often approximately cancelled eachother out as they favored opposite parties. But there's no guarantee of that - when Reagan won with 58.8% of the popular vote, he took 97.5% of the electoral vote. Similarly, sometimes the small state bias is a substantially stronger effect: when Trump won with 56% of the electoral vote, he had only 46% of the popular vote, largely due to Clinton's higher "wasted" margin of victory in larger winner-take-all states.
- hannasanarion 7y agoDemocrats want rural Republicans in New York to have their voice heard, that's the whole point: everyone's vote should count equally and the winner should need to seek majority support. Unlike Republicans, Democrats have these things called "principles". They are ideas that you believe in whether they benefit you or not.
- newfriend 7y agoRepublicans bad! Democrats good! Grow up.
- hannasanarion 7y agoThe Democrats want Republicans in New York and California to have their votes count for President, because they believe all votes should count equally. The Republicans want Democrats in Texas, Michigan, and North Carolina to have their votes ignored or be unable to vote, because all they believe in is winning at any cost.