everyone knows the government rigs the vote. elections are merely to make it seem like we matter. -_____-
But it's not the government rigging them
in most cases, it's big businesses.
electoral college
you're voting for the guys who say they'll vote for the guy you voted for
The Electoral College is voting, the popular vote doesn't matter
The college is created in a way to represent states based on their population, so that Rhode Island doesn't receive staggeringly less representation than a state like Texas or California. Still, I agree that it's not the best system, and that popular vote would definitely be a better idea to use now that technology advances have gone bast the barrier that was the difficulty of counting individual votes. It's hard to change the entire system like this, unfortunately, but abstaining from voting is not the solution here.
EDIT: Actually, no, that's wrong. If it
were up to popular vote, the more populated states would sweep the election every time, especially if those states learn closer to one party than another. It's problematic if that happens. States should
definitely receive fair representation here.
