I never thought about the EC this way, but this meme may have some validity.
by CbusNick
I never thought about the EC this way, but this meme may have some validity.
by CbusNick
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The Electoral College is like a deity, then we’re all just praying for better leadership! 😂
DEI for less populated states.
You’re using the format wrong. Criwder’s thing is coming in with a bad take and refusing to budge on it.
Don’t hate on the EC.
The EC isn’t the problem. The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 is the problem. The Act did two things that we should all be upset at. First, the EC is now fixed. And that’s bad and that’s what this post is about. The second thing it did was lock the total number of representatives in the House of Representatives to 435. Meaning, every ten years we have to do this little dance called ‘gerrymandering’. Some states lose representation in the lower house and other gain seats. This has been going on for 100 years now that everyone (no offense OP) thinks it’s normal.
The reality is this is a law and not in the Constitution. Meaning, if someone had the political balls to repeal the law larger population states (urban areas, for those in the back) would gain the political clout they deserve.
Now yes, there will always be edge cases regarding the EC. And this happened in the 1876 election. But the larger problem regarding representation in Congress shouldn’t be ignored.
***Repeal the Apportionment Act of 1929***
The electoral college is a hold over from slavery.
In order to appease the north/south, the 3/5 compromise was laid out in the constitution.
And just HOW would you count the vote of a slave? Obviously, no one would want a slave to actually vote, so votes got aggregated at the state level, providing white plantation owners the voting power of the slaves.
And thus, we have the Electoral College.
The point of DEI is to achieve equal representation, taking intentional steps to counteract a lack of equal representation due to systemic racism, sexism, etc.
The point of the electoral college (and, even more so, the Senate) is to give people from smaller states more representation than people from larger states.
The electoral college is basically the *opposite* of DEI.
(Unless you buy the line from MAGA types that the *real* purpose of DEI is to give undeserving Black people and women all the jobs that white dudes deserve. But that’s a lie that white failures tell themselves to avoid taking responsibility for their own shortcomings.)
Or how gop would describe it if it would help them.
YEP.
The Senate is basically DEI
The house of representates is also, basically, DEI.
Heck, so is the Senate.
its certainly not democracy
It’s the opposite of a diversity program.
I suppose if you use the Republican’s juvenile definition of DEI, this is plausible. But that’s not what DEI is. It’s about leveling access, not giving preferential treatment to minority groups.
One common argument I hear that’s pro electoral college is that it keeps at bay “mob rule”. And I always thought that was an odd way to say majority rule.
OOh, feed this shit to the repubs, they’ll get rid of the EC in a heartbeat.
If you are from a less populated state, the electoral college makes a lot more sense.
The current administration is DUI hires.
The EC is the reason that America is not a civilized country.
So is the Senate. The American electorate is ready to talk about how the EC is bullshit, but the Senate is the big anti-democratic elephant in the room
the whole federal government is rural conservative DEI. the senate gives the same representation regardless of population, which favors rural conservative states. the house has a floor and a ceiling on reps, so less populous states get more representation per voter than more populous states, which again favors rural conservative voters. the presidency has the electoral college which favors rural, conservative voters and the supreme court is picked by the rigged president and confirmed by the rigged senate.
It’s a check on a demagogue taking power, or that was the idea of Gen it was established. The way it’s implemented now, I don’t know what its purpose is other than allotting a smaller number of representatives to vote for a state and a weight ranking for each state.
Now do the Senate…
It relies on legal slavery and must be abolished as slavery was
not exactly. It would be affirmative action for less populated states. DEI just means diversity equity amd inclusion which is basic common sense if you’re not racist.