Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained - Christina Greer" video.

  1. Sharon Grace Heiser Nope, if 50% + 1 votes in a state votes for another candidate then the one you vote for then even if there's a majority of voters voting for candidate x then the vote of people in such states that does not follow the majority view of that state simply does not count regardless of if it's one of the two major political parties or a third party. And that's why people who don't agree with either of the two majority parties simply have no democratic way of being represented at all. Also, because of that system any state that's "safe" is a waste of time to pay attention to for a presidential candidate. Leadning to a situation where both high population states and low population states end up with way less attention and power then  they'd probably get with another political system. For instance in my own country votes are weighted differently based on among other things distance from the capital, but everyones vote is counted even if there's more supporters for one party in one part of the country then for another one those supporting the other party in that part of the country still have a vote that matters. Also, since those votes matters you can't get a theoretical situation where 50%+1 of the voters in just a few states making up about 22% of the voters in total would be capable of electing a president against the wishes of the remaining 78%. Furthermore, some of the states actually allow their electoral college representatives to make up their own decisions contrary to the wish of the voters. In other words what the vote of the voters there don't count at all if whoever they voted for decided to vote for someone else. Heck, a nominee don't need to be up for an election in a state at all and still win the "votes" from that state if their party wins there as the representatives there can just go ahead and vote for another candidate entirely. The US system is full of stuff like that. Don't get me wrong, there's no perfect system out there, and ours over here in Europe is certainly not flawless... But sometimes I wonder why the system in the US and UK is considered democratic at all when it's in essence letting an elite choose a couple of candidates and you have to choose who isn't the worse alternative between them. That's pretty much the same system as they got in Iran, and I don't think most people would call them all that democratic... The chances for a third option actually getting anything done other then "wasting" the votes of whoever is picking them is next to non.
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