return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoLarge Majority of Americans Want to End Electoral Collegewww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down112cross-posted to: progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.04Karrow-down1external-linkLarge Majority of Americans Want to End Electoral Collegewww.commondreams.orgreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square260fedilinkcross-posted to: progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThis doesn’t make the electoral college irrelevant, it just rebalances the votes per state so they’re closer to proportional. California Republicans and Texas Democrats are still disenfranchised even if their states get a lot more votes.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYeah but that last hurdle takes a lot more to get over and in the meantime we’ve done something we should have anyways.
This doesn’t make the electoral college irrelevant, it just rebalances the votes per state so they’re closer to proportional. California Republicans and Texas Democrats are still disenfranchised even if their states get a lot more votes.
Yeah but that last hurdle takes a lot more to get over and in the meantime we’ve done something we should have anyways.