The electoral college is always my stopping point for any pop culture relevance or “conspiracy.”
Sure, can the various stars sway the popular vote? Absolutely.
Hell, my entry into the world of politics as a child was Rage Against the Machine.
However, my vote doesnt count in my state. Between gerrymandering and the state being rabidly red outside of major cities, the few left leaning people just don’t add up. Its a sad realization for some.
But what’s sad to me is that my vote is ultimately not relevant because the electoral college does what it wants regardless of their constituents, and there doesn’t seem to be anything place for violating their constituents desires. This effects everyone able to vote in the US. And every vote I’ve cast has had no relevance to the political landscape.
If the popular vote actually meant anything, I’d be far more inclined to not only vote, but be active in some capacity politically.
To summarize, fuck the electoral college. Fuck two sided tribalism that’s present in US politics. Ranked choice popular vote is my preffered method (that I’m aware of). Also, fuck states “winning.” Total popular vote from the entire country.
Would we still have amoral shit bags in office? Yeah, sure, hard to escape those people in politics. However, it would represent a chance for anyone eligible for the office to shake things up if sufficiently popular.
Before you say the future of the country shouldn’t be based on a popularity contest, it already is. Its already a dog and pony show every 4 years. Time, energy, money, and more all wasted for the popular vote. Before that its the primaries, a popularity contest in itself. This would just open up the field for people who weren’t raised with wealth and political pull.
Fuck it, some only fans chick winds up in the oval office? Cool, maybe we can see some reform based on perspective of someone struggling to make ends meet before turning to sex work to put food on the table. Not denigrating sex work, BTW. If I was an attractive lady I’d already be doing it at this point, lol.
The electoral college is always my stopping point for any pop culture relevance or “conspiracy.”
Sure, can the various stars sway the popular vote? Absolutely.
Hell, my entry into the world of politics as a child was Rage Against the Machine.
However, my vote doesnt count in my state. Between gerrymandering and the state being rabidly red outside of major cities, the few left leaning people just don’t add up. Its a sad realization for some.
But what’s sad to me is that my vote is ultimately not relevant because the electoral college does what it wants regardless of their constituents, and there doesn’t seem to be anything place for violating their constituents desires. This effects everyone able to vote in the US. And every vote I’ve cast has had no relevance to the political landscape.
If the popular vote actually meant anything, I’d be far more inclined to not only vote, but be active in some capacity politically.
To summarize, fuck the electoral college. Fuck two sided tribalism that’s present in US politics. Ranked choice popular vote is my preffered method (that I’m aware of). Also, fuck states “winning.” Total popular vote from the entire country.
Would we still have amoral shit bags in office? Yeah, sure, hard to escape those people in politics. However, it would represent a chance for anyone eligible for the office to shake things up if sufficiently popular.
Before you say the future of the country shouldn’t be based on a popularity contest, it already is. Its already a dog and pony show every 4 years. Time, energy, money, and more all wasted for the popular vote. Before that its the primaries, a popularity contest in itself. This would just open up the field for people who weren’t raised with wealth and political pull.
Fuck it, some only fans chick winds up in the oval office? Cool, maybe we can see some reform based on perspective of someone struggling to make ends meet before turning to sex work to put food on the table. Not denigrating sex work, BTW. If I was an attractive lady I’d already be doing it at this point, lol.
Change is never easy, but often necesarry.
Your vote is irrelevant only if you do not cast it.