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It is not there to protect small states, it is there to protect from super large states. As in, no matter how big you get or how lopsided your political apparat
by Shivetya 7y ago
It is not there to protect small states, it is there to protect from super large states. As in, no matter how big you get or how lopsided your political apparatus is the state cannot absolutely tip the balance.
a popular vote presidency would be a disaster for the US, the illusion that votes matter would be completely destroyed at that level. it is like the difference of comparing a state only lottery to the multi state lottery
- jshowa3 7y agoa popular vote presidency would be a disaster for the US, the illusion that votes matter would be completely destroyed at that level. This is completely false. Having a popular vote would at least adequately represent, mathematically, the demographics of the US citizenry and what they want in a candidate. Now, FPTP is not the greatest voting scheme, I would prefer some sort of rank choice voting, but at least you would get a statistical representation of the populace with FPTP. The electoral college is such an antiquated, outdated system that only favors fringe views.