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  • humorlessrepost@lemmy.worldEnglish
    235·
    8 months ago

    My problem is that my vote has far less weight than someone in that state. Wasn’t that implied?

    Square miles of farmland shouldn’t have votes, people should.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      515·
      8 months ago

      Your vote for president has zero power outside of your state. Your vote informs your state’s electoral representative as to who to vote for.

      States elect a president as the leader of the executive branch, a federal role, which affects relationships between a federation of states. Federal government’s role is supposed to be limited to managing the relationships between states.

      It’s not a popular vote. Never has been, and would be inappropriate to make it so. Basic civics.

      There’s way too much attention paid to the office of president, when there are ~500 other federal politicians who are ignored by doing so.

      • humorlessrepost@lemmy.worldEnglish
        163·
        8 months ago

        I know how the system works. I’m not disputing it. I’m saying the status quo is bad, not that it’s false.

        It’s not a popular vote. Never has been, and would be inappropriate to make it so. Basic civics.

        Pointing out it’s “basic civics” that that’s how it works currently, and using that to sneak in the huge claim that it’s also “basic civics” that a popular vote “would be inappropriate”. If that was intentional, it was clever.

      • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
        102·
        8 months ago

        The house of representatives is unjust in its uneven, disproportionate, and meager representation. Is that what you wanted to hear?