10-14-2020, 03:55 PM
(10-14-2020, 03:50 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You don't understand my point.
Under a "winner-take-all" system Democrats in Tennessee are not motivated to vote in this Presidential election because we can't win. But if the margin of victory determined how many electoral votes each candidate wins then every vote would be very important. Even if it is impossible to win the popular vote in a state all the people on the losing side would have the satisfaction of knowing that their votes actually counted toward the number of electoral votes.
The fun thing about that is it's a state-by-state decision, but no state would do it. The majority party in each state would not want to give up the power they have.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
