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You like federalism because you're a conservative and there is a higher percentage of conservative states than conservative people. And that is just a result of
by guelo 4y ago
You like federalism because you're a conservative and there is a higher percentage of conservative states than conservative people. And that is just a result of political territory gerrymandering battles of the 1800s. For example splitting Dakota into two states or admitting Wyoming as a separate state were all political gerrymandering battles that benefit your ideology today.
- hollerith 4y agoWe just had a demonstration in the US of the desirability of a process that unambiguously reveals the winner of a presidential election. Well, having 50 smaller elections, then combining the results in an electoral college is one such process. In particular, if it werent for the federalized structure, i.e., if we had a purely popular vote, in 2000 we would've had to re-count not just the Florida ballots, but also the ballots in the other 49 states.
- phpisthebest 4y agoI am far far far from conservative so that is fail. 1990's democrat platform I was probally 60-70% aligned with, 2020's democrat platform I am 20% aligned with Republicans I probably agree maybe 40% with, 50% on a good day. In this context as an example, I do not agree with banning abortions, but I also think Roe was bad law and decided incorrectly so.....
- guelo 4y agoThe point I was trying to make is that federalism is dumb because states are arbitrarily gerrymandered based on 1800s politics.