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.

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/488620

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.

  • PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
    3·
    1 year ago

    if say LA, NYC, CHI, and DC all vote to ban cars because they feasibly can and they have the population density to make it happen

    Nobody is trying to do that. That’s just a boogeyman the media is telling you to get you riled up.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      1 year ago

      Not the question, the question was “why does state matter at all?” State could matter because different states are different, America big n’ such.

      • PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
        2·
        1 year ago

        And moving to STAR/approval voting would directly reflect each state far better than the electoral college ever could.