Message from @AwesomeGuy42
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which mainly happened because urban areas voted for her way more
Have the vote of the biggest cities and you have a lot of the votes
the electoral college is simultaneously a very good and a very wack thing
But you don't have the votes across the rest of the country
its meant to prevent mob rule basically
exactly
I find the Electoral College an interesting idea
it's wack because you think "wait, more people liked you but you still lost?!"
but then you realize
"oh, a lot of those areas were echo chambers"
I've seen videos where they teach children that America is a Democracy
And I'm like "..Wut?"
I would call the US
a half-democracy
Well, it's a form of Democracy
the only question i have is the different rules around the electors votes. some have them vote whatever they want, others are winner of the popular in the state takes all. i don't know if there is one that splits them up roughly off the popular results. like 60 40 if that was the popular
the US is a republic
Constitutional Republic. Forgot the damn name for a sec 😛
almost all states are winner-take-all
almost all
I wonder how messing with that would change things
also electors can technically vote freely but I don't think they ever really do, pretty sure most states have repercussions if they do
depends on the election grenade
some years it'd be virtually meaningless
some years it would fuck shit up
well obviously it would only matter in close elections. but i wonder if it would chance much how candidates would campaign
it might actually change that substantially
because electoral votes to population would be roughly equal across the entire country
so campaigning would be roughly balanced
it would also mean that traditionally blue/red states would get at least a little bit more campaigning
so they could at least win some votes
the main problem i have with winner takes all is that, take for example cali, a republican might as well not vote
so i wonder if removing those rules would help make votes matter a little more, while still preventing mob rule by balancing the states with the electors
Speaking of campaigning.. Hillary spent a lot of time gone, while Trump campaigned a lot
He's energetic for being what, 70?
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