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Mead posted...

Mover_of_Zigs posted...

...and abolish the Electoral College!

It seriously works against us and needs to go.

For real there is no reason some peoples votes should outweigh others

Might want to turn your eye to the senate, then - it's rigged even worse than the electoral college.

Really, though, it always astounds me that for a nation that prides itself on being a standard bearer for democracy, the US has one of the most flagrantly undemocratic electoral systems I've seen amongst functional democracies. It's not like this is a new thing (see also: the three-fifths rule), but it seems to be getting worse these days given the increasing concentration of Americans in big cities. I read some analysis the other day that if demographic patterns continue for the next decade, by 2030 70% of the US population will be represented by just 30% of the senate.

Or, to put it another way, in just over ten-ish years, 15% of the population could elect a filibuster-proof supermajority to the US senate, with next to no recourse for the remaining 85% of the population.
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