Ads are focused mainly on making sure people turn out to vote

  • usernamesAreTrickyOP
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    2 months ago

    The electoral college is indeed quite frustrating, though note that downballot races in many non-battle ground states do matter. For instance, California and New York have some competitive house races despite not being super competitive for president

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      2 months ago

      Yes, downballot does matter, but it sure would be nice if everyone’s vote counted equally for selecting Presidents. With the current system - they just don’t.

      The cons (and not a few Enlightened Centrists ™ ) keep saying that without the EC, candidates will just go where all the people are to campaign - and somehow that is worse than the current system of just trying to win a few “battleground” states? I’d much rather candidates were trying to appeal to as many Americans as possible - it might provide a moderating influence on the far, far right.