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Friday, 11 November 2016
quote [ Maryland officially became the first state on Tuesday to approve a plan to give its electoral votes for president to the winner of the national popular vote instead of the candidate chosen by state voters. ]
Doesn't mean anything now, but might next election. Assuming there is a next election.
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damnit said @ 12:33am GMT on 12th November
Every "explanation" of the electoral college i.e. why it was created and why it's deemed as important still doesn't change the fact that it's a nice and polite way of saying individual votes don't matter when it comes to who becomes president.
We don't need civics lessons. We need amendments.
damnit said @ 12:38am GMT on 12th November
Every "explanation" of the electoral college i.e. why it was created and why it's deemed as important still doesn't change the fact that it's a nice and polite way of saying individual votes don't matter when it comes to who becomes president.
We don't need civics lessons. We need amendments.
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Alaska combined have less than 3 million people and have 9 electoral votes combined.
Florida has approximately 20M people and 29 electoral votes.
California has approximately 40M people and 55 electoral votes.
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damnit said @ 12:33am GMT on 12th November [Score:1 Underrated]
Every "explanation" of the electoral college i.e. why it was created and why it's deemed as important still doesn't change the fact that it's a nice and polite way of saying individual votes don't matter when it comes to who becomes president.
We don't need civics lessons. We need amendments.
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Alaska combined have less than 3 million people and have 9 electoral votes combined.
Florida has approximately 20M people and 29 electoral votes.
California has approximately 40M people and 55 electoral votes.
