04-04-2019, 01:43 AM
If the popular vote decided the president, a couple of the same states would always be able to elect the president. With the electoral college, even Hawaii gets to have their votes actually count.
I don't understand this line of thinking. Yes states like California and Texas have a lot of people but there will still be a mix of votes amongst such states. I understand that some of these states will lean either Democratic or Republican but their vote is still just a number comprised of a whole (which would be the popular vote). It doesn't seem to me like such states will always pick the prez. There are always the people of the other states to add to numbers to tally together. You say "even Hawaii gets to have their votes actually count" but for as long as I can remember Hawaii's vote hasn't counted with the current system. I remember the results decided before Hawaii's vote is taken into consideration.
I'm sorry again RWR, but what?
The link you provided seems to have a plethora of little irrelevant political news stories but nothing that seems related to this topic. Why can't you explain in words what you were trying to enlighten us/me to by providing that link? Very confusing.
I don't understand this line of thinking. Yes states like California and Texas have a lot of people but there will still be a mix of votes amongst such states. I understand that some of these states will lean either Democratic or Republican but their vote is still just a number comprised of a whole (which would be the popular vote). It doesn't seem to me like such states will always pick the prez. There are always the people of the other states to add to numbers to tally together. You say "even Hawaii gets to have their votes actually count" but for as long as I can remember Hawaii's vote hasn't counted with the current system. I remember the results decided before Hawaii's vote is taken into consideration.
I'm sorry again RWR, but what?
The link you provided seems to have a plethora of little irrelevant political news stories but nothing that seems related to this topic. Why can't you explain in words what you were trying to enlighten us/me to by providing that link? Very confusing.