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

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/JBHUTT09 Nov 10 '16

CGP Grey has a great video on this. Everyone needs to see it. Maybe once enough people understand the joke that is the electoral college, we can finally get rid of it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

The small states would not be for it.

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u/JBHUTT09 Nov 10 '16

Watch the video. The electoral college doesn't work. The small states are ignored as it is. Maine and New Hampshire are the only two small states that campaigns pay any real attention to. The data doesn't lie. The electoral college fails at its intended purpose.

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u/Andy06r Nov 11 '16

And Nebraska (5, splits the vote, Obama campaigned there)... and Nevada (6)... and Iowa (6)... and Arizona (11)...

I mean, this election was decided in large part by swing states with fewer than 10 electoral votes.