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Originally Posted by Anteater
Why is a straight popular vote any better or less corruptible than the Electoral College system? Going by the popular vote, the populations of California and New York would determine every single election cycle. Which is another of way saying "if you live in any of these 46+ something other states across thousands of miles, your vote doesn't matter if you don't live in Los Angeles or New York City".
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Complete and utter bullsh*t. There has been 58 presidential elections in the US. Since 1888 there's only been two times that the winner didn't get the popular vote. GWB lost in 2000 by 0.5% of the PV. Trump lost by 2.1%. The electoral college needs to be re-tooled.
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