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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by jjeaff on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @04:41PM (#20761540)
I'm not sure the electoral college does that except when successfully gerrymandered. Electoral college votes are applied on a population basis. So small states get less votes.

Without the electoral college, "states" collectively don't get any say at all. Only citizens of those states.

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:29PM (#20762609)
The "gerrymandering" would have to be done by moving state lines. So, probably not actually happening.
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