Confessions on Yik Yak | Guys, I feel like voting in the US is so pointless. What’s the point if the electoral college has more power than us? We the people don’t actually have power

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Guys, I feel like voting in the US is so pointless. What’s the point if the electoral college has more power than us? We the people don’t actually have power

Anonymous 8w

voting has never liberated anyone. that’s why you create networks or support and mutual aid outside of the government. citizens are in a social contract with the government and the govt has broken it, making participation in it useless and a waste of time

Anonymous 8w

It is way more power than nothing. And it has no power if people don’t do it.

Anonymous 8w

Electoral college is like a point system, a state tallies up the number of votes from each person and the candidate that has the most votes from the people of said state and they receive the college “points” or votes

Anonymous 8w

When you vote for president, you are actually casting a vote for your representative in the electoral college. The electoral college exists to ensure that lower-population states and counties have some level of say on who becomes president. Urban interests differ wildly from rural interests, and rural interests are what feed urban mouths. It’s important that both have a voice

Anonymous

#1 8w

I wish this were the case, but if they’re not happy with our votes, they can do their own. In 2016, Hilary Clinton won the popular vote, but because of the electoral college, Donald Trump won

Anonymous

OP 8w

Trump won states with more electoral points

Anonymous

#1 8w

But why should the electoral point exist? If more people voted for Hilary, she should have won. The people’s voices should decide the final say, not how many electoral points they have

Anonymous

#1 8w

I’m saying that we the people don’t have real power

Anonymous

OP 8w

That’s where our 2 year elections come into play. We make our decisions on who we want to run our state. The president can make decisions but the states can easily override them. Example, not trying to be sensitive but abortion isn’t a presidential thing, it’s a state thing. Each county tallies up the votes from each person and reports them to their respective capital. Its those individual votes that decide who will run our state and who can have a say in what happens in our country

Anonymous

#2 8w

a govt that doesn’t house, feed, or keep people alive just creates a militarized surveillance state

Anonymous

#2 8w

Exactly! Time and time again the government has gone against its own constitution. Yet still they claim we have constitutional rights. Our freedom is a hoax

Anonymous

OP 8w

they’ve defunded education for decades and they’ve disabled people through failing public health and purposeful pollution so people are less capable to help themselves

Anonymous

#3 8w

But it’s not right for the actions of the electoral college to overrule the popular vote. Taking away the power of votes isn’t the way to protect the interests of rural communities. Proper education can do that, education that’s not being provided

Anonymous

#4 8w

I agree that voting is powerful, but the electoral college takes weight away from our votes, which is wrong. We need to fight for a fair voting system

Anonymous

OP 8w

Agreed but please still vote in the meantime!