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Originally Posted by tw2113
I'm confused by the electoral college
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The Electoral College (Why We Use It and Why It Matters)
tw2113, America has been using the Electoral College for over 200 years and it has served us well! Not always perfect, but it’s extremely fair for individuals such as yourself who live in the Dakotas with a smaller population and more importantly, it provides stability!
“The system empowers states, especially smaller ones, because it incentivizes presidential candidates to appeal to places that may be far away from population centers. Farmers in Iowa may have very different concerns than bankers in New York. A more federalist system of electing presidents takes that into account.”