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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I actually think an electoral system is necessary in a huge country with unique regional interests. Otherwise you risk centralizing power too much in the same centers over and over. Popular vote is great if you want majority rules, and as long as you are in the majority.
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It also doesn't make sense to change things after the fact. Candidates generally won't campaign very hard in areas they know they have no hope of winning and instead focus on the "swing states". If it comes down to popular vote, the strategy becomes totally different, in which case it makes far more sense to spend more time in large population centres, as even a small swing in the proportion of votes can be a large number of total votes.
In a tight race for popular votes, like this one was, the end results are pretty meaningless.