• candyman337
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    11 months ago

    Yes, the majority of the population in the US is in the northeast, that’s why people hate the electoral college system. It gives a significant amount of power to a majority voting minority. A better way to represent a minority would be a ranked choice system.

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      11 months ago

      Electoral college vs ranked choice voting is a false dichotomy. You can do one, the other, both, or neither.

      The way to eliminating the electoral college, since it is enshrined in the constitution, is either a constitutional amendment changing to a popular vote method (highly unlikely), or the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

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        11 months ago

        And both ways involve the states that benefit from the disproportionate power choosing to give it up.

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          11 months ago

          Yeah I didn’t say it was ever gonna happen unfortunately, I’m just saying it SHOULD happen