GaryAnderson
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This topic is for those who are familiar with the voting system in United States and I wanted to get your thoughts on this topic which comes up sometimes in discussion with friends.
I don’t vote. I live in Massachusetts which is a hyper-partisan blue state. So whether I vote for Trump or the Mickey Mouse it doesn’t really matter because my vote will be overridden and it will always go blue. I vote with my residence basically because I like my state.
Same can be applied for Texas. Why should anyone vote for Biden in Texas since their votes will be overridden?
But I wonder that if we get rid of the electoral college we might end up with mob rule/democracy.
What do you guys think? It seems to me that elections are determinate on few key swing-states so the participation from the other partisan states seems pointless. I guess in a way states are our “echo-chambers” where our views fit with a particular lifestyle.
I dunno but I just find our system a bit weird and outdated. Can we do better? Like a coalition system in Europe? But keep in mind that Americans think of Europe as “socialism”.
I don’t vote. I live in Massachusetts which is a hyper-partisan blue state. So whether I vote for Trump or the Mickey Mouse it doesn’t really matter because my vote will be overridden and it will always go blue. I vote with my residence basically because I like my state.
Same can be applied for Texas. Why should anyone vote for Biden in Texas since their votes will be overridden?
But I wonder that if we get rid of the electoral college we might end up with mob rule/democracy.
What do you guys think? It seems to me that elections are determinate on few key swing-states so the participation from the other partisan states seems pointless. I guess in a way states are our “echo-chambers” where our views fit with a particular lifestyle.
I dunno but I just find our system a bit weird and outdated. Can we do better? Like a coalition system in Europe? But keep in mind that Americans think of Europe as “socialism”.
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