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Prove that it wasn't fair.

• whatshisface 3y ago
  In the electoral college, some voters are able to vote with three times the weight of others due to differing populations within districts that have equal college votes. Here is one source I found on Google, but the calculation is easy and there are plenty of other articles that reach similar conclusions: https://theconversation.com/whose-votes-count-the-least-in-the-electoral-college-74280 https://theconversation.com/whose-votes-count-the-least-in-t... If you add in gerrymandering, it's the truth that most of our elections are "rigged" or "unfair" in a very real sense to anyone who believes in majoritarianism.
  • awb 3y ago
    That's an argument for the popular vote. In 2020 Trump lost both the Electoral College and the popular vote.
  • mantas 3y ago
    Many jurisdictions use weighted voting. It’s not some US-only thing.
  • bigstrat2003 3y ago
    The electoral college isn't unfair, it is one of the few things ensuring fair treatment of smaller states. You might value the equal value of each vote (which is its own kind of fairness to be sure) more highly, but it is flat out disingenuous to claim that elections aren't fair due to the electoral college. The electoral college is making different fairness trade-offs than you would prefer, but that's not the same as being unfair.
    • jerrybender 3y ago
      Only one small state (NH) gets any attention from Presidential candidates. Smaller states do not benefit from the electoral college at all.