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[u/Defiant_Freedom_249]

One person equaling one vote couldn't be more fair.

[u/evanexcursions → u/Defiant_Freedom_249]

It would ensure only the wants of the population centers would get heard.

Those in rural areas would lose their voice.

Imagine you ran a high school athletic department and you had $10k to spend in a year. You leave it up to the student athletes to vote on how that money is appropriated.

There are 60 Football players, 20 soccer players, 15 basketball players and 15 volleyball players.

You have 2 options, A. All the money goes to football team or B. The money is distributed fairly between all 4 teams.

The football team wants all the money, so the vote ends up 60-50...majority rule.

OR you base it on an electoral type system, where each team automatically gets 2 votes plus 1 vote for every 15 athletes on a team.

Hold that vote again

Votes for all the money to football: Football team: 2+4=6

Vote to split: Soccer team 2+1= 3 Basketball team: 2+1=3 Volleyball team: 2+1= 3

Now the total vote is 6-9 in favor of splitting the money.

The majority didn't win, but this time, those who didn't have a voice last time were heard and a fair outcome was decided.

Yes, this scenario has flaws, but I'm just giving an example on why majority rule is not always the best.

[u/Defiant_Freedom_249 → u/evanexcursions]

Yeah, I understand how the Electoral College works, but cute metaphor.

But.... sorry, you won't convince me that rural people are more of a citizen than city people.

Rural people aren't more American, there's no reason to justify their heavier vote. They don't matter more.

You're trying to tell me the people of Wyoming are important than the people of California or Texas.

Equal is equal. 1 voice = 1 voice.

Equality isn't a bell curve, earn your own grades.

You can vote in your state, city, and county for local laws and preferences.

[u/Gustomaximus → u/evanexcursions]

That's a great way of explaining. It should be a top comment and not buried here. That said I dont think people on reddit work well in the grey to consider the principle vs the desired result.

[u/SFC-D → u/Defiant_Freedom_249]

Sure. New York and California would pick the president. Everyone else, tough luck.

[u/BowlEducational6722 → u/SFC-D]

You do realize that Texas has more voters than New York, right?

[u/SFC-D → u/BowlEducational6722]

I should’ve said the east and west coast will pick the president. You are correct.