• Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It is not already the case. Without an electoral college, a single voter in North Dakota has effectively no voice at all. In fact, the states entire population would mean little more than a rounding error. With no electoral college the cumulative voting power of the entire state is 0.23%. With the electoral college they’re bumped up to over 1%

    Swing states get to decide national policy far more than other states

    …no? A swing state is just a state that that has enough voters from each major party that they could go either way. They don’t have any more power than any other state.