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Tim Walz calls for scrapping of electoral college to decide US presidential race (www.theguardian.com)

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Kamala Harris’s running mate urges popular vote system but campaign says issue is not part of Democrats’ agenda

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[+] [email protected] -24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (19 children)

Wouldn't this allow like three states to dictate the other 47?

Sure popular vote sounds nice. But is it really practical if the goal is to raise the quality of life for everyone?

A popular vote would allow the leading majority to neglect 49% of the active voters and groom the 51%. It's the majority's tyranny.

Edit* wow you absolute degenerates. You only support this idea because you have the popular vote. If the tide turn this one suggestion could fuck you sideways. If tye republican party had the popular vote you wouldn't engage in this circlejerk. Never support a suggestion that could shackle you to a sinking ship.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

wp:List of U.S. states and territories by population#State and territory rankings

Theoretically, 10 could.

However, just California, Texas, and Florida combined account for fewer than a third of Americans.

[–] Awesomo85 -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But the President doesn't dictate much of anything (as much as the media salivates at the idea), our representatives in Congress do. The President appoints Judges and can veto bills.

Our country is built on representation of districts and states, so voting for President is also built around representation of districts and states. Not the ideas of the majority. That is reserved for districts and states. The country is physically huge and all 333 million of us don't live in similar situations economically, environmentally, ethnically, culturally, etc. So we vote based on our local circumstances and (at that level) it is a majority rule. That's why you can have some states that are much more socialist than others. Or some states that are much more conservative than others. And we as individuals have the freedom and responsibility to make change we would like to see at that level, or we have the freedom of movement between those areas.

I didn't think I would need to do a basic civics lesson today.

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