Edit: Image is from this Reuters article deconstructing Trump’s latest rally.
The neat part is that they don’t even need to get the most votes to elect a president. They have the advantage of low population density, which means their votes count for more.
Yay democracy.
More like “yay fuckery”, since this is obviously not democracy.
The electoral college is fucking draconian.
Oh no! Less dog walkers and internet forum moderators? How will society get by??
I mean in that particular example it’s specifically a limit that was put on our democracy. Which is to say, make sure your state joins the national popular vote compact if they haven’t already:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
That’s not the only example. The Senate and House also give low population density states outsized influence. So we’ll end up with a popularly elected president thwarted by an undemocratic congress. Oh, and senates at the state level have the same problem.
The entire system is fucked and I’ve given up thinking it’s going to do good things. I’ve been burned too many times.
