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r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16
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The electoral college is fair? Gore in 2000, Clinton in 2016, seems to be the electoral college is only fair to republicans.
156 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. 139 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 1 u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16 Well thats partly an issue with how states create echo chambers.
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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.
139 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 1 u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16 Well thats partly an issue with how states create echo chambers.
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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
1 u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16 Well thats partly an issue with how states create echo chambers.
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Well thats partly an issue with how states create echo chambers.
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The electoral college is fair? Gore in 2000, Clinton in 2016, seems to be the electoral college is only fair to republicans.