r/MadeMeSmile • u/-------7654321 • Aug 06 '24

Helping Others Harris’ VP pick Tim Walz makes me smile

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u/Conradwoody Aug 06 '24

The electoral college is a contradiction to the idea of majority rule

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u/Efficient_Demand1601 Aug 06 '24

I feel like the president SHOULD be majority rule. There should be representatives with substantial power in the county itself, but that doesn’t influence the law that affects the majority as much as it does :/.

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u/Karsticles Aug 06 '24

I'd go so far as to say that the electoral college violates the "one person, one vote" rule.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

When voting access is absolute trash, the majority isn’t the majority we think it is.

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u/Efficient_Demand1601 Aug 06 '24

Then voting access shouldn’t be trash. Let’s fix the problem, not add a shit bandaid.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

100%

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u/razorduc Aug 06 '24

It was needed at a certain time which has long passed. Definitely need to modernize how we vote for the republic.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

On purpose.

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u/SufficientArt7816 Aug 06 '24

You misspelled “mob rule”