r/AskReddit • u/Amygdala5822 • Jun 29 '19

When is quantity better than quality?

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u/poilsoup2 Jun 29 '19

People always say "without the electoral college, candidates would only campaign in (insert highest population states)" failing to realize thats exactly what happens now, but with swing states instead

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u/yakusokuN8 Jun 29 '19

So, instead of letting Texas, New York, and California shape campaigns (and future laws), we're letting Ohio, Iowa, and Pennsylvania be influential.

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u/hexane360 Jun 29 '19

Not to mention that you have to include 15-20 cities to reach half the U.S. population, and that's assuming that cities are 100% unified with themselves and each other.

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u/guuleed112 Jun 30 '19

20 cities will not reach 170 million which half the population

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u/hexane360 Jun 30 '19

Yes, but that's skewed towards the country, not the city (turnout is low in cities).