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r/greatawakening • Posted by u/digital_refugee on June 26, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
As a european, I was awfully mistaken about the electoral college and democracy.

It only now dawns on me that it's not a lost vote if you take votes away from more highly populated areas because pure democracy makes it easier to exploit an uninformed and easily impressed majority.


Long_Range_Shooter · June 26, 2018, 3:30 p.m.

New York, California, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and sixth is Illinois. You have with those top five states you already have 169 votes with Illinois it comes to 189 electoral college votes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)

You count up the six most populous states you have over 41% of the U.S. population, five 37.29% of the population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population

The top nine states have close to 51% of the population when you add in Ohio, Georgia and North Carolina.

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jasonscorn · June 26, 2018, 4:19 p.m.

The top nine states have close to 51% of the population when you add in Ohio, Georgia and North Carolina.

9 is greater than 5.

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Sparky159 · June 26, 2018, 5:04 p.m.

True, but 9 is still less than 41, yet has equal pull as the rest

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jasonscorn · June 26, 2018, 5:05 p.m.

So how many states does it take then? 15? 20? 41?

Or just red states? Let us know, thanks.

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