65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

  • aidan@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    2 years ago

    What do you mean? They do matter? A democrat doesn’t campaign in California not because it doesn’t matter but because they know most Californians will already vote for them, same with Republicans in Texas

      • aidan@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        Every vote past 50% just then wouldn’t matter at a national level. Yes it would increase the total number of votes that voted for the winning candidate, but it would also centralize power more into cities.