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Posted by mtk52983 on Wed Dec 12 06:36:33 2018, in response to Re: The worst possible outcome?, posted by bingbong on Tue Dec 11 21:06:18 2018. I can see arguments on both sides of this debate. On one hand, the Electoral College does give extra power to smaller states because it doesn’t matter if you are California or Alaska, they each have 2 Senators. Therefore, a voter in California has less individual say than a voter in Alaska. On the other hand, the Electoral College requires a candidate to have a more broad based platform to win an election. On a strict popular vote, running up the totals in a few big cities will assure a win. Unfortunately, the issues that matter to the cities don’t always matter to the rest of the country and there is no real way to stop it if they will never have the majority. Most big cities are not involved in foreign trade of agriculture so without the Electoral College that issue likely never comes up. |
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