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[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And a coastal state with a huge population and no understanding of things people in a landlocked state 700 miles away shouldn't get to have more of a say in who controls the country

Agreed, that's why a 1-person, 1-vote system unlike the EC is a good idea!

Without the electoral college, pretty much every president would come from one of the same 5 states every time

Lol, what the FUCK gives you that idea? Why is it that EC supporters imagine states vote as a unified block if we end the EC? Are you literally incapable of understanding that different people in a state vote differently (an idiot), or are you purposefully pretending that you are (faking being an idiot, which is being a bigger idiot)

Each state should have more of an equal say in who the president is.

Exactly, end the electoral college

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You have a broken interpretation of things.

Agreed, that's why a 1-person, 1-vote system >unlike the EC is a good idea!

No. Coastal states are vastly more populated by a large margin. Texas, Florida, and California hold 1/3 of the entire population. A straight vote means that those will be the states that swing and win elections.

Lol, what the FUCK gives you that idea? Why is >it that EC supporters imagine states vote as a >unified block if we end the EC? Are you literally >incapable of understanding that different people >in a state vote differently (an idiot), or are you >purposefully pretending that you are (faking >being an idiot, which is being a bigger idiot)

Because it's a gimme that politicians from their home state do very well when running for a higher office. Democrats and Republicans will always nominate a candidate from a very populated state for this reason, because it's always free votes. Surely you aren't too dumb to have not noticed that?

Exactly, end the electoral college

Lol. No. I guess you are an idiot. The electoral college is literally in place to give states a more equal power in picking the president. That's literally the reason it exists.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yawn, more garbage arguments

Keep arguing for the system of minority rule while claiming you're against exactly that, the rest of us will point and laugh at you as you deserve