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In reply to the discussion: If the Electoral College was to really be designed for fairness [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)Higher population states would have no greater powers if the popular vote prevailed. Then it would be one man, one vote.
The EC is what gives states power. People in blue states who vote red have their votes disappear once the state is called.
Every single Texan will not vote the same way, etc.
The EC lets the swing states decide. Or a few people in the swing states decide, like last time.
One man, one vote is fair.
Each state voting is unfair to individuals in high population states, especially when the number of votes is not proportionate - each state has two senators who are included in the count, giving two votes that each state gets no matter how many voters it has.
There is no such election of the popular vote where big states would "decide." There were 120 million voters, even if all individuals in the three states mentioned voted exactly the same, they are not a majority. And Texas would have gone red.