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>Everyone gets to vote. Granted, we can't all make large campaign contributions, but ultimately the vote is what actually matters. Wrong, on the most basic lev
by omegaworks 13y ago
>Everyone gets to vote. Granted, we can't all make large campaign contributions, but ultimately the vote is what actually matters.
Wrong, on the most basic level. [1]
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_State...
- dalke 13y agoAlso wrong because in many states convicted felons are disenfranchised. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement#United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement#Unite... . "As of 2010, all the various state felony disenfranchisement laws added together block an estimated 5.9 million Americans from voting."
- tsotha 13y agoWell, thank God for that. Let me rephrase then: Everyone who isn't a complete and total loser gets to vote.
- dalke 13y agoI find it very odd that a convicted felon in Kentucky is unable to vote, and considered a "total loser" by you, while someone who did the same crime in Maine has not lost the vote, and so is not a loser. You can of course define "total loser" to include someone who has been disenfranchised, but that would be an unusual definition that seems deliberately constructed to misinform.
- res0nat0r 13y agoRefocus on the third sentence... Instead, they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis.[3]
- tsotha 13y agoIt's not wrong at all. The vote is still what matters, even with the electoral college.