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Originally Posted by devo22
how about - now I know this is radical, but hear me out - how about you scratch that EC bull#### and just, I don't know, throw the vote of every single voter in the US in one ####ing basket so that every vote actually counts the same?
Will obviously never happen, but I'll just never get my head around this.
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Because that isn't federalism. There are no "united states" (lower case intended) when they don't even exist. What would be the purpose of states, then? To have different license plates? It is the states that gave birth to the national government, not the other way around. The national government exists at the behest of the people and the states. We aren't amending the constitution to abolish the electoral college because we don't want to, so the states won't ratify it. Who would vote to diminish their voice in Washington DC?
And for the ends-justify-the-means crowd, be careful what you wish for. California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Ohio are the top five states in population per electoral vote.
What's next, adding up the total goals scored and allowed over the regular season and award the team who wins that the Stanley Cup? Then every goal matters equally.