PizzaManSep 26, 2023

Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College

https://lemmy.world/post/5767130

Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College - Lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected] [/c/[email protected]]/t/488620 [https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/488620] > 65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

Show threadRapidcreekSep 26, 2023
What does the Electoral College breakdown look like on that poll?
Show threadPizzaManSep 26, 2023
Why does that matter? The people want a better electoral system, one that treats all votes equally.
Show threadRapidcreekSep 26, 2023
It matters which people want it. Certainly, if the sample was all in Kansas it would be different than if they were in New York.
Show threadPizzaManSep 26, 2023
Where people live shouldn’t effect their voice in government.
Show threadRapidcreekSep 26, 2023
I’m sure those peo0le in the electoral college’s area of influence agree with you…or do they?
Show threadPizzaManSep 26, 2023

The whole point is that the electoral college is a bad way of determining agreement.

All votes should be equal.

Show threadRapidcreekSep 26, 2023
The whole point of the electoral college is to give equitable representation to every state.
Show threadglimse

Why does the state matter at all…?

Why should a vote be counted differently depending on the state it was cast in?

Sep 26, 2023 at 8:30pmWeb
Show threadArcaneSlimeSep 27, 2023
Tbf I guess it makes a bit of sense, if say LA, NYC, CHI, and DC all vote to ban cars because they feasibly can and they have the population density to make it happen, some guy in Nebraska who’s nearest neighbor is 15mi away might be upset that he has to get a horse and buggy to buy cold cuts at the costco. On the one hand, fuck him, he should abandon his farm, life, and friends and move to the city (to starve with the rest of us I guess, if all the farmers move), but on the other they probably don’t want to do that which is why they live where they do now.
Show threadglimseSep 27, 2023
That’s not “being fair” that’s “being unaware that the presidential election is only for selecting a president”
Show threadArcaneSlimeSep 27, 2023

Presidents that seem to like executive decrees these days*

Idk man, not saying it’s likely they’d do that, just saying “having a few cities be largely responsible for selecting the head of the executive branch may not be desireable to those living in between.”

Figured people would be able to not take everything literal, but this is the internet where metaphor is replaced with dunking on someone you decide is mentally inferior, my mistake.

Show threadPizzaManSep 27, 2023

if say LA, NYC, CHI, and DC all vote to ban cars because they feasibly can and they have the population density to make it happen

Nobody is trying to do that. That’s just a boogeyman the media is telling you to get you riled up.

Show threadArcaneSlimeSep 27, 2023
Not the question, the question was “why does state matter at all?” State could matter because different states are different, America big n’ such.
Show threadPizzaManSep 27, 2023
And moving to STAR/approval voting would directly reflect each state far better than the electoral college ever could.