Is it okay in your view when Democrats gerrymander districts?
Or let’s say, have an open border policy to increase their populations to have more seats in the House of Representatives?
Surely you don’t hold a double standard with your disgust here.
Democracy will die if the electoral college isn t abandoned
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Is it okay in your view when Democrats gerrymander districts?
Or let’s say, have an open border policy to increase their populations to have more seats in the House of Representatives?
Surely you don’t hold a double standard with your disgust here.
But if we end the electoral college, how can all the trees in South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming have a say in who’s president?
So true.
I still have traumatic memories of being on the school bus and having to smell hog shit every day on the way home.
And I drank the water. Egads.
So if people continue hauling ass outta Cali they might one day be as irrelevant as Iowa?
MAGA will turn to 'bloodshed' if Trump's crimes exclude him from ballot
Looks like Matt Gaetz wants to be on the record with Mike Huckabee? What has happened to the America I was raised in? Who are these people? Hang them!
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It does. It benefits all of us.
The issue is you are only concerned about your team "winning" and not the actual country.
Some people's world view is their small-town city limits.
We have a system that was a compromise for slavery. Whoever wins the most votes wins. This isn't a participation trophy. FFS Wyoming already has two senators and it's smaller than Des Moines Iowa.
The metropolitan areas are the lifeblood of our economy. They should control everything. That said going with the popular vote doesn't give those cities full power. Each state gets two senators which is more than enough to even things out. Rural areas should control the majority of the population. That's crazy.
No, it isn't. I was a compromise after the Civil War based entirely on slavery. Trample on rights. WTF but it's ok to trample the rights of the majority who have uneducated drivel from the far rural right being forced on them. There's a reason red states are poor.
Or he is someone who thinks things through based on all the information not something taught in a civics class that was clearly biased in it's teaching. The EC is rooted in racism. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-w...ANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED
Who gives a shit. The system is flawed when a state with 600k people has two senators and their vote counts more than mine because I live in a populated state. No amount of BS can argue that that is fair.
If you as a teacher don't understand the reason our presidential election is structured in that manner, and you can't see the dangers of a "pure democracy" then I don't know what to say. How do you think minorities would be affected if the majority vote always won? How do you think less populous states would be treated?
Then TX shouldn't be sending them to Chicago and Martha's Vineyard and NYC....???
Is Texas or are federal agents in TX shipping them by bus and plane all over the country?
The Constitution requires each state to have electors equal to its congressional representation. This means each state gets votes equal to the number of its congressional delegates and senators. The number of electors a state receives depends on it's population. California, for example, has 55 electoral votes, while Alaska only has three. The total of 538 electoral votes comprises 435 Representatives, 100 Senators, and three electors from the District of Columbia, as outlined by the 23rd amendment. Ultimately, the presidential candidate needs at least 270 electoral votes to become the president-elect.
Since representation is determined by population, and population, per the constitution, is made up of both citizens and non-citizens, it quickly becomes apparent that illegal immigration has the potential to affect the quantity and location of electoral ballots.
Two branches of governance in Congress. Senate vs House. How many Reps in the House do you have versus that 600k state?
Congress was designed so the majority doesn’t run roughshod over the minority.
Individual aka minority rights are the foundation of this country.
Besides 2 to 2 is equivalent, not more than.
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This country’s Civics understanding is going down the shitter. Dems wildly misinform their constituents in grasp for more / ultimate power. Shameful.
Shouldn't have to explain how Congress works to adults.
Shouldn't have to explain how Congress works to adults.
Suspicion more than executed example,.. Without the electoral college I seriously doubt that the US would still be comprised of the original, and current 50 states.
However, because the total number of representatives is capped at 435, states with larger populations are disproportionately represented in the house. California should have 17 more representatives if there wasn't a cap.
We are more like an oligarchy than either of these
The Electoral College is in the Constitution. It can be changed but would take 2/3 of each House and I think 3/4 of the States.
It was done so Virginia did not get all the power. It was part of a compromise if I remember correctly.
Of course. Keep the dumb dumb. JFC. Born in 1950, live in 1950 and die in 1950.
Oh, right, I remember you're a conservative Republican.
Which is why they want illegals to come pouring in. You get to count them towards the census which in turns manipulates house seats and electoral votes. People that think that illegals aren't affecting our elections don't know what they are talking about.
And unfettered illegal immigration is one of the primary reasons why this cap hasn't been adjusted in quite some time...
The Senate has different responsibilities than the House, although would be fairer if each state was represented by 1 Senator?
We sure as hell don't want equivalent House and Senate representation.
