I think they are considered a real source or at least as much as that means these days. We are fast approaching the point were news is live leaks or it didn't happen.
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Nothing is equal in nature. I fail to see your argument.
I'll take an infraction for this. I don't understand why a meme picture is cracked down on instantly but alt right nut jobs, like primalmatter, Vyxn, and others can go into any thread they want to and argue white supremacy and that Muslim registries are a good thing because they're all suicide bombers and not equal.
I don't fucking get it. Are forums like MMO-Champion, reddit, and others THAT afraid of backlash?
"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
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I'm sure you need enough brainpower to not start a civil war to get in the EC.
The EC exist so that California and New York don't dictate every election. How some people don't understand this is beyond me.
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Except that's not at all why it's around. The primary purpose of the electoral college is to provide a body of educated individuals to cast their votes instead of but on behalf of the populace, acting as a final failsafe to populists and foreign demagogues from reaching the seat of the presidency, given how easily manipulated the common man can be.
Even though EC does promote more equality between states, it's reason of implementation was not for that reason. The reason the EC was founded by the founding fathers was because they wanted an extra loophole to override the popular vote. They wanted to be certain that in case it didn't go their way, they could sway the election to their preferred side.
Elections everywhere in the world are won based on majority of popular vote because that's a true way of democracy. EC isn't democratic, because it labels citizens depending of what state they come from, their vote could be worth more or less than say someone from another state where they have more or less inhabitants. You can argue all you want, but the first pillar of a democracy states that every voter is equal, in the USA with EC system that's simply not the case.
Did the EC ever get their information about the Russian stuff like they requested?
If the EC doesn't vote for Trump it will be the end of decency and democracy in USA.
The problem is that the opposite effect is occurring. In order to stop California from determining the election, fly over states are getting significantly more power behind their votes than someone in California.
It's creating a situation where you still only have a few states worth campaigning in while the voters in California are being worth less every year despite making up a massive amount of the federal tax revenue for a single state. Small states already even have representation via the House and they're 100% equal in Senate. California and New York are effectively losing representation and their voice each election cycle while giving money to others who spit on them.
edit: I don't see the harm in giving those states more influence over the presidency when they're the states effectively footing the bill for the country and make up enormous population percentages compared to fly over states that are sparsely populated and are more land than actual people.