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kane · 10-30-2016, 02:19 PM

This is part of the reason I think we need to do away with the electoral college.

There are states where the outcome is never in doubt. I suppose some of those people, like me, could vote for a third party candidate, but I think a lot of people end up not voting because they don't think it matters.

If the Electoral College was removed and it was a straight up election people in those states would be more motivated to vote, not to mention the corruption that sometimes takes place in important battleground states would likely stop happening because the risk vs reward would no longer be there.

To answer your question, voting only really matters for people in those states when it comes to down-ballot stuff like local elections and ballot measures.

10-30-2016, 02:19 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	This is part of the reason I think we need to do away with the electoral college. There are states where the outcome is never in doubt. I suppose some of those people, like me, could vote for a third party candidate, but I think a lot of people end up not voting because they don't think it matters. If the Electoral College was removed and it was a straight up election people in those states would be more motivated to vote, not to mention the corruption that sometimes takes place in important battleground states would likely stop happening because the risk vs reward would no longer be there. To answer your question, voting only really matters for people in those states when it comes to down-ballot stuff like local elections and ballot measures.