On Wednesday, Maine’s legislature passed a bill joining a compact to commit all of their electoral votes, regardless of who won in their individual state, to whichever candidate won the national popular vote.
  • radiohead37
    422·
    6 months ago6 months ago

    I don’t live in a swing state and I feel disenfranchised. My vote for president, for all intents and purposes, does not count in the current electoral college system.

    I can’t wait for the compact to go into effect. Turnout in so many states would increase a lot.

    However, my optimism is tampered by this supreme court.

    • jeffwOPM
      93·
      6 months ago

      If anything, living in a swing state makes it count more

      • jeffwOPM
        161·
        6 months ago

        I swear the word “don’t” was added in later

      • FiniteBanjo
        21·
        6 months ago

        Literally what that person just said. They said: if they vote against the US district or state majority then their vote didn’t really do anything.

        • kboy101222English
          20·
          6 months ago

          See the guys other comment. Seems they accidentally added the “don’t”

          • FiniteBanjo
            20·
            6 months ago

            You mean to say they edited it in later? Because your comment makes no sense otherwise.

              • radiohead37
                30·
                6 months ago

                Wow, long thread about it. By the way, I didn’t add the “don’t” after your comment. I just fixed a typo from “I can’t way for…” to “I can’t wait for…”. The “don’t” was there all along. You may have missed it. But no worries. I think we are all on the same page here.

                • kboy101222English
                  40·
                  6 months ago

                  Yeah, I wore that eight hours into a 12 hour graveyard shift. My brain was not fully functioning and I just wanted to inform the guy that you had updated your comment