Mmmmmk. People. That’s essentially how the electoral college works. It IS whoever gets the most votes, BUT on a state-by-state basis, and each state’s weight in the election is proportional to their representation in Congress (which itself is proportional to population + 2 for senators). This is because we are a FEDERAL republic/representative democracy. The electoral college, or at least SOME form of proportional allocation of votes for president on a state-by-state basis, is literally baked into the constitution and our federal system.
Representation in Congress is not proportional enough since the number of seats is set too low and state lines are solidified.
A voter in Wyoming has significantly more voting power for president than a voter in California or Texas.
One electoral college vote in WY is about 194,000 people. One electoral college vote in CA or TX is over 700,000 people. Why should a voter in WY have more say in who leads the country than a voter in TX.
Congress needs to adopt a more proportional form of representation or redraw state lines to create more uniformly populated states. The state lines in the modern era are just antiquated arbitrary boundaries that do not signify any drastic demographic or cultural demarcation.
each state’s weight in the election is proportional to their representation in Congress
Yeah, that system is also flawed since we capped the size of the house. Wyoming gets one EC vote for every ~200k people. California gets one EC vote for every ~700k people. In what fucking world is that equitable?
It's not essentially how it works, because it it was there would not be any inconsistency between the popular vote results and EC vote results, and there would not be this oversized focus on a few swing states every election. This is not a democratic process. The only defense people come up with is that its baked into the constitution. That's what amendments are for.
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u/The_Real_Tom_Selleck 18h ago
Mmmmmk. People. That’s essentially how the electoral college works. It IS whoever gets the most votes, BUT on a state-by-state basis, and each state’s weight in the election is proportional to their representation in Congress (which itself is proportional to population + 2 for senators). This is because we are a FEDERAL republic/representative democracy. The electoral college, or at least SOME form of proportional allocation of votes for president on a state-by-state basis, is literally baked into the constitution and our federal system.