Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete
by jshowa3 on Thursday August 22, 2019 @10:27AM
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a popular vote presidency would be a disaster for the US, the illusion that votes matter would be completely destroyed at that level.
This is completely false. Having a popular vote would at least adequately represent, mathematically, the demographics of the US citizenry and what they want in a candidate. Now, FPTP is not the greatest voting scheme, I would prefer some sort of rank choice voting, but at least you would get a statistical representation of the populace with FPTP.
The electoral college is such an antiquated, outdated system that only favors fringe views.
This is completely false. Having a popular vote would at least adequately represent, mathematically, the demographics of the US citizenry and what they want in a candidate. Now, FPTP is not the greatest voting scheme, I would prefer some sort of rank choice voting, but at least you would get a statistical representation of the populace with FPTP.
The electoral college is such an antiquated, outdated system that only favors fringe views.