• A_Very_Big_Fan
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    2 years ago

    I’ve never heard a good justification for the electoral college. Fuck the electoral college.

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      2 years ago

      At one time, it was justified because news was months old and you could not know the candidates in a reasonable amount of time without traveling to DC and you couldn’t afford to do so.

      So you elected some local guys you trusted to vote on your behalf, basically.

      It’s a good reason to make the electoral college, but not a good reason to keep it.

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      2 years ago

      Legal Eagle on YT did a great video on it. Videos community mods took it down though for “politics”

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      2 years ago

      If I’m understanding this correctly. You elect people to vote for You, and hope they vet the same way You do but they don’t have to?