Author Topic: Politics, Religion, etc.  (Read 99350 times)

brjones

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Re: Politics, Religion, etc.
« Reply #4590 on: September 22, 2020, 07:56:30 pm »
Also Republicans: the Electoral College and Senate are awesome!

It really is such a weird position that they take. They like the Electoral College because they're scared of a few high population states overwhelming the vote from 45 other states*. But at the same time, they love that there are only about 5 states that candidates really need to worry about in any presidential election (this year, it's Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida, and maybe Michigan). Sure, there are others that could flip (North Carolina, Georgia, Texas).  But if those go, Democrats are just running up the margin.

It's almost like they don't actually care about having a few states overwhelm the rest of the electorate. It's just that it really bothers them when New York and California specifically have a lot of power.

* And as many have said, this is such a weird way to look at the electorate. Individuals vote, not states...so as long as each person gets one vote, no one's vote is getting over-weighted.