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Re:Ranked-choice voting will be used in Maine’s presidential... by vkou on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @01:18PM (#24569436)
I don't care about the feelings of districts. Districts don't have feelings, or wants or interests. I care about people. People have feelings, wants, and interests.

A district, like a religious orientation, is not a hive mind, where a minority of people who vote for the most popular candidate should be able to co-opt the voting power of the rest.

Under a popular vote, counties besides King and Snohomish would have representation, instead of being ammunition used by those two.

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Re:Ranked-choice voting will be used in Maine’s presidential... by austincheney on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @01:46PM (#24569804)
> I don't care about the feelings of districts. Districts don't have feelings, or wants or interests.

I disagree. A rural agricultural community has very real security and economic concerns very different from a high density urban community. Those feelings are very real. Under a purely popular vote those concerns are instantly and conveniently discarded. That concern is the principle benefit of representational government and that concern is essential.

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