States that Have Been Red the Longest

Although that sounds persuasive I'm not sure that it's how it works, at least once the population is higher than 100 or so. Perhaps some statistician can correct me, but I can't see any reason why there should be any correlation between smaller populations and more overwhelming votes. Icelandic general elections, for example, aren't particularly marked by wider margins than Dutch ones, even though the Hague alone has 50% more people than Iceland does.

Think about it this way:

Montana has 4 electoral votes. 574,000 votes were cast in Montana in the 2024 presidential election. Divide 574,000 by 4. This means that each electoral vote in Montana represented 143,500 votes (ignore the winner-take-all system).

Texas has 40 electoral votes. Approximately 11,320,000 votes were cast in Texas in the 2024 presidential election. Divide 11,320,000 by 40. This means that each electoral vote in Texas represented about 283,000 votes.

The more votes each electoral vote, congressional representatives, or district represents, the less influence and power each individual vote has. So in this example, a vote in Montana almost twice as powerful as one in Texas.

There’s more factors that determine a vote’s worth, but that’s the basic idea. Some say that this helps small states have equal representation, but really, it means they’re overrepresented. This is one reason the Electoral College is so undemocratic.

Hope that helps 🙂

it is democratic

For real? More than half of the country requests or requires photo ID to vote at polls and in the states that don't it's not like they don't care. It does not mean you can vote multiple times unless you want a massive fine or jail time. People barely turn out in decent numbers to vote once, you think they care about trying to do it twice? Spend five minutes on Google next time dude

arguing with levisek is impossible yall dont try

I only said it's possible to do that twice, but I never said they do that

but it’s not. besides, the original statement was a criticism of America’s election system (which is NOTORIOUSLY lacking in the democracy department compared to much of the rest of the democratic world), not some problem with Voter ID laws. Voter ID laws don’t even actually negatively affect that many people.

Oh, okay. I thought it was. Even saw ppl that were saying they did it. But now I don't think they were saying truth.