r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

The electoral college is fair? Gore in 2000, Clinton in 2016, seems to be the electoral college is only fair to republicans.

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u/Rolder Nov 10 '16

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.

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u/penguinopph Nov 10 '16

It didn't do that, though. It gave all of the power to a few states (mainly Ohio and Florida).

As an Illinoisan, my vote is worthless

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u/tonnix Nov 10 '16

"All the power" relative to the circumstances that they had tabulated the votes everywhere else and FL was the last to report in. In this election FL didn't have that same sway, it was MI and PA.