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That is called the senate. There is no reason that a person in Wyoming's vote is worth four times as much as a person in California. You can sorta maybe make t
by Dobbs 7y ago
That is called the senate. There is no reason that a person in Wyoming's vote is worth four times as much as a person in California.
You can sorta maybe make the argument that the elctoral college should be to make sure someone unfit shouldn't be put in, by using their sense of judgement. Well that obviously failed, and you are advocating getting rid of that potential benefit.
Why not get rid of the entire anti-democratic idea and just vote for the president.
- Grakel 7y agoIn a direct democracy the President could be chosen by a handful of highly populated states. There would be no reason for Wyoming to continue participating in the Union without a meaningful stake in representation. The direct vote concept sees this country as homogeneous, and it's too large and diverse for that.
- jrockway 7y agoThe meaningful stake in representation is their two Senate seats, the exact same number that states large enough to be world powers if they were their own countries get. Remember, this body of representatives was the one that managed to stall Obama's Supreme Court nominee until a new President was elected. That is a lot of power. There will never be a President that everyone wants. The way to make the most people happy is to put into power the one that the most people voted for.
- minikites 7y agoHow many campaign stops are in Wyoming? How often do Republican presidential candidates campaign in California? How often do Democratic presidential candidates campaign in Alabama? The Electoral College doesn't actually address any of the issues raised in its defense.
- jimktrains2 7y agoPart of the issue is that there is a fixed number of house seats, which disproportionately favours smaller states. If we had an unbounded number of house seats and instead fixed the max constitutes-per-representative, the house would have a different makeup.
- Dobbs 7y agoNot sure why you are being downvoted. That is an actual solution to the issue.
- swebs 7y ago>Why not get rid of the entire anti-democratic idea and just vote for the president. Why not get rid of the entire anti-democratic idea of voting for representatives altogether and just vote directly on issues?
- Dobbs 7y agoThere is a very big difference between voting for a representative to represent you, and some people being worth 4x another.