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b_b · 1527 days ago · link · · parent · post: Will the Trump-Biden election disaster finally convince us to scrap the Electoral College?
Disagree. A popular vote based election means that there's every reason for a Democrat to campaign in Tulsa and a Republican in Orange County, because each vote suddenly matters, and if course there are pockets of every political stripe in every state. My guess is that the EC artificially suppresses turnout because most people in the country reasonably believe that their vote doesn't matter. I think in the long run abolishing three EC would actually be good for the GOP, even though it really would fuck them for a couple election cycles, since they could be free to not pander to the South any longer.