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Do you consider the voting system in the US elections fair or should it be changed and the winner be the candidate with the highest number of votes?
Do you consider the voting system in the US elections fair or should it be changed and the winner be the candidate with the highest number of votes?
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- Country or region United States
I like the electoral college but think the electoral votes for each state should be different.
here's a chart of how many eligible to vote people are needed per electoral vote.
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I think the winner should be the candidate with most votes because that is who the people want.
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yeah it should be highest number, not by state
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I believe it is fair because if the popular vote were to win, small states like Iowa or North Dakota that don't have a lot of people wouldn't stand a chance against highly populated cities and states. Such as New York and California.
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it is called the United States, not the United people. It is a contract between the states, so it makes sense for each state to make it's own selection regardless of population.
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I think our system needs some changes but not a direct democracy like some people want. In a direct democracy candidates would simply campaign only in high population states and tri-state areas. Large swaths of the country would be ignored.
We have issues with our elections like gerrymandering voting districts in state elections and money in politics. Those are big issues that definitely make things unfair. I don't think the electoral college is a big issue. Even though it gave us Trump.... -____-
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The electoral college is important so that highly populated states like California and New York don't end up making all of the important decisions for everyone else.
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Our voting system is criminally out of date. Look up CGPGrey on YouTube
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@creativeunityart actually it's a horrible mistake https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo
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