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Isn't "overrepresented" another way of saying that each individual voter living in a rural area has effectively more voting power then it's counterpart living
by 411111111111111 5y ago
Isn't "overrepresented" another way of saying that each individual voter living in a rural area has effectively more voting power then it's counterpart living in a metropolis?
Thats why I'm stating it as a fact,as it sounds like very simple logical connection. It could be a misunderstanding on my part, but it always sounded like a very straightforward situation to me.
- kodah 5y agoNo, voting is much more complicated than that and the history of our voting system speaks to that. Purely popular voting, as in a pure democracy, is demonstrably flawed - that's why representative democracy came about. The foundation of your argument is also flawed; if rural areas are so overrepresented then we'd be seeing a lot more emphasis on the funding of rural schools, hospital systems, clean drinking water, and broadband. Instead, these issues are regularly underfunded and are even joked about on forums like this. There's lots of issues in the US to solve. Voting, imo, is just the pet issue of the losing party.
- 411111111111111 5y ago> Purely popular voting, as in a pure democracy, is demonstrably flawed - that's why representative democracy came about Every form of democracy is flawed, and it's important to be aware of them. Otherwise things tend to kinda spiral out of control, which they arguably already have in a lot of western nations with wanton corruption and completely insane people getting elected.