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Kamala Harris’s running mate urges popular vote system but campaign says issue is not part of Democrats’ agenda

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[-] arc@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

He is absolutely right that it should be scrapped, or failing that, every eligible voter in every state is automatically enrolled in the electoral college and their ballot is also their vote cast in the college, i.e. render the whole thing a technical irrelevance. It shouldn't even be seen as a political thing. Votes in deep red states are just as disenfranchised as those in deep blue states. Voting Republican in California or New York is as disenfranchising as voting Democrat in Texas. So if democracy is the intent, then it should be scrapped and not left to the usual "swing state" BS.

[-] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Ah, but that is the thing - democracy is not the intent. It may be the intent of some, but it is not the intent of the system as a whole.

[-] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, the United States is a representative republic, and not technically a democracy.

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