10th June 2020, 3:18 PM
If the president is elected by a straight national popular vote, then every single vote counts equally. It means that right wingers in LA get a voice they don't have, and both left wingers in Louisiana get a voice they don't have. Candidates won't be able to appeal just to big cities, because even if cities lean one way politically, they are no longer absolute blocs that will deliver whole states to them by default. This would empower minority voices in both environments (by which I mean country libs and city cons), and they will be more willing to vote, knowing that their vote actually counts for something.
Rural areas still get a voice through Congress, in fact, an outsized voice as things stand. The executive is only one branch of government.
Right now, 35-40 states get absolutely no say at all in presidential elections, which means that a relatively tiny minority of voters can ever cast a meaningful vote for president. It's hard to imagine any alternative not being a substantial improvement over this nonsense.
It's also worth noting that there were more than 30 parties in 1932 Germany, which let one of those parties gain control with 30 percent of the vote. In 1934 Germany, there was only one party.
Rural areas still get a voice through Congress, in fact, an outsized voice as things stand. The executive is only one branch of government.
Right now, 35-40 states get absolutely no say at all in presidential elections, which means that a relatively tiny minority of voters can ever cast a meaningful vote for president. It's hard to imagine any alternative not being a substantial improvement over this nonsense.
It's also worth noting that there were more than 30 parties in 1932 Germany, which let one of those parties gain control with 30 percent of the vote. In 1934 Germany, there was only one party.
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