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65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

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    Where people live shouldn’t effect their voice in who is president. And the majority of Americans recognize that.

    The voice of a New Yorker should not be more important than a Kansan, and a Kansan’s voice should not be more important than a New Yorker.

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      I’m sure those peo0le in the electoral college’s area of influence agree with you…or do they?

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        The whole point is that the electoral college is a bad way of determining agreement.

        All votes should be equal.

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            But it isn’t equitable because presidential candidates only ever pay attention to swing states.

            And people should be represented equally. The location of a citizen shouldn’t effect the strength of their voice.

            Ever single other public office in the U.S is voted by popular vote. If there were problems with it then why don’t we have mini electoral colleges for each seat? The president should be a popular vote, no different than any other office.

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              If it was population based, they’d only pay attention to large populations.

              Don’t get me wrong, I continue not to care.

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                I love how conservatives do not care about any topic yet they spend their precious time writing tons of comments on topics they definitely do not care about…

                It’s nice to see who the real snowflakes are from time to time :D

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                    Then maybe it’s time you accept who you really are and throw your centrist mask.

                    Anyone preferring the Electoral College to a direct democratic vote for the presidential election is a downright conservative in my eyes, as he (or she) prefers to keep things as they are (conserve) even if these things are proven to be worst than an already existing alternative.

                    Glad I could show you your true colours, I hope you’ll be more honest with yourself and everybody around you from now on. Even if I doubt it, since you are a conservative and conservatives flee from truth as vampires flee the sunlight.

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            Why does the state matter at all…?

            Why should a vote be counted differently depending on the state it was cast in?