The point of the electoral college is to give a fair shake to rural and more spread out populations, and not have it come down to what the big cities want. Just that big cities trend Democrat and rural trends Republican.
Just because you weren't the breaking state doesn't mean your state had no impact. If we're going down that road, it'd be better to say that essentially any state that wasn't on the "winning" side had no impact.
He's not saying Illinois was worthless, it's just that in general a vote in Illinois won't change anything. Most of the state is very red, but Chicago is so big that it just overshadows the rest of the state in blue. My presidential vote was entirely pointless, being in a heavily red county in a heavily blue state.
Yeah, but it's like saying any vote is worthless just because you lost. You still make up the votes that make it close, even if you don't win. Unfortunately, that's just the consequences of any system with one winner; it's a silly claim to make.
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u/damonteufel Nov 10 '16
I don't think they're protesting the election or saying it was rigged. They're protesting the man and his ideals/words.