He'll never mention it again after the election.
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As an Alabamian I dream of the day that my vote actually matters, fuck the electoral college.
As a Washingtonian I also dream of that. It is ridiculous that only people in states that are kinda purple have their opinions heard.
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Hey hey! Ho ho! The electoral college has got to go!
As a pretty left person who lives in Tennessee, please get rid of it. Anytime I have this conversation with folks on the right, I always point out that there are more Republican voters in California than Texas. That usually gets them to concede.
It's a great argument, and incredibly depressing that the only thing that will convince them is that it's also their people are being hurt, not that it's the most fair and just thing to do.
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Yup, I understand it was meant to give smaller states an equal voice but he GOP weaponized it and now the minority is speaking for the majority. Tell me the system isn't broken when ONE vote in shitty red state Wyoming is equal to TEN THOUSAN VOTES in Blue California?
Just to be clear: Also, "states" don't have a voice, only the people in them. Giving a state a disproportionate voice is exactly as just as it is giving its people a disproportionate voice. When the right uses that argument, it's injustice laundering, it's not a valid concern.
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I'm glad someone is saying it! Stupid ass lines on a map determines who becomes president
ONE PERSON
ONE VOTE
ONE CAGE
ONE BELT
ONE CHAMPION
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
MONSTER TRUCK!
California gets 54 electoral votes; Wyoming gets 3.
California has 38.94 million citizens; Wyoming has 0.575 million.
California gets one electoral vote for every 721,110 people. Wyoming gets one for every 191,660. This means that per capita, Wyoming gets 3.76 times as much say in who gets to be the president as California.
Indeed. Scrap electoral college and remove the arbitrary cap on House reps.
Don’t forget to implement proportional representation in the House, blow up the senate, and implement ranked choice voting or something similar in all elections
remove the arbitrary cap on House reps.
I think thats what they meant?
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The Electoral College is allowing more an more manipulation from these small states. It is time for that to end. They are holding this country back much too much.