[News] Electors Plot to Sabotage Donald Annoying Orange

[Hansome duded]

matthew ur like 3 pls advance your brain because you go nuts

do you know what democracy means

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[IkeTheGeneric]

Breaking news: electoral college sabotages democratic system by voting for somebody else

[Tactical Nuke]

the electoral college is good until i lose they vote opposite to the interests of the people they're supposed to represent

ftfy

[DestroyerOfBlocks]

ftfy

the people theyre supposed to represent voted hillary in by 2 million if you want to start some stuff

[Tactical Nuke]

the people theyre supposed to represent voted hillary in by 2 million if you want to start some stuff

you mean the people in pennsylvania or michigan or wisconsin because that's not true

[DestroyerOfBlocks]

you mean the people in pennsylvania or michigan or wisconsin because that's not true

im talking the actual popular vote and if the states had proper representation the winner wouldnt own all the electors

[Tactical Nuke]

im talking the actual popular vote and if the states had proper representation the winner wouldnt own all the electors

proper representation as in the number of electors per state is based on the population of the state

proper representation as in pure, uncut democracy, which has been described as two wolves and a lamb voting on who to have for dinner

proper representation as in the states with all the people are the only ones that matter
meaning states like Wyoming don't get represented by their president, the man who could perform executive orders in their state that could affect their livelihoods

I can link what I posted in the other thread on the EC if you want

[DestroyerOfBlocks]

proper representation as in the number of electors per state is based on the population of the state

proper representation as in pure, uncut democracy, which has been described as two wolves and a lamb voting on who to have for dinner

proper representation as in the states with all the people are the only ones that matter
meaning states like Wyoming don't get represented by their president, the man who could perform executive orders in their state that could affect their livelihoods

I can link what I posted in the other thread on the EC if you want

if representation is based on population but the goal of the electoral college is to prevent minority groups from being tramped on by the majority that doesnt seem like a terribly efficient system and if anything the minority group would be the a wolf with three votes voting on dinner with two sheep. a more apt comparison would be a bunch of cannibal wolves voting for each other.

if the only purpose of electors is to guarantee the livelihoods of the underrepresented from political abuse we already do that stuff with laws limiting executive power and guaranteeing rights and stuff. it would be more effective to give more votes to those actually handicapped by circumstance instead of everyone in a geopolitical area

[Red Spy]

the people theyre supposed to represent voted hillary in by 2 million if you want to start some stuff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elections_in_which_the_winner_lost_the_popular_vote

[DestroyerOfBlocks]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elections_in_which_the_winner_lost_the_popular_vote

i am aware of the other failures of the system

[Shift Kitty]

That being said, if you win like... 42.1% to 42.0% of the popular vote in a state, why do you get 100% of the electoral votes in that state?

And why do they have a choice to vote something else if it's illegal?

[Red Spy]

i am aware of the other failures of the system

And we're still here

[DestroyerOfBlocks]

And we're still here

yes we are but we could be here better

[Shift Kitty]

I also like how in 4/5 cases, it was a Republican winning by electoral votes despite not having popular vote.
In the other remaining case, both parties were democratic republicans.

[Refticus]

"the person i liked didn't win! democracy is dead! down with electoral college!"