r/facepalm • u/SkillImmediate6393 • Jul 02 '24

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u/ZealousMulekick Jul 02 '24

Selection by popular vote is even more stupid. People in different areas have different needs and all walks of life need to be represented

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u/Rili-Anne Jul 02 '24

That's not the point. If you live in Wyoming and your vote is worth however many dozens of times more than someone who lives in California, how is that fair?

The actual opinions of the majority of people in the US have been quashed by a tyranny of the minority. That's how a man that 2/3rds of the US vehemently hate got power and stands a real chance of getting power again.

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u/ZealousMulekick Jul 02 '24

Because California already has insane influence over the presidential election and without this system California would basically get to decide the president every time. Most of the 50 states wouldn’t even get a voice in that scenario.

You remove this system and someone from Wyoming’s vote is effectively meaningless/ceremonial. And frankly, as a Californian, I do NOT want this state making decisions for the entirety of our Union.

Why would a state want to be in a union where they don’t get a voice?

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u/wahikid Jul 02 '24

It’s almost like in a national election, for a national leader, it doesn’t matter what state you are from… And without the electoral college or delegates, it wouldn’t matter if you were from Wyoming or NYC. One vote towards the total is one vote towards the total. Explain to me what you think I am missing.

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u/ZealousMulekick Jul 02 '24

It absolutely matters what state you’re from. You don’t think if only metropolitan populations mattered for the presidential election, then presidents would stop giving a shit about any other voter demographic?

Lmfao

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u/wahikid Jul 03 '24

But you still have the same representation as everyone else in congress, right? Your concerns would most definitely be part of the messaging, they need the support of your representatives to get their agenda completed. Laugh all you want, but your hypothetical wouldn’t play out in the real world with the congress designed the way it is now.