I found this article very interesting, since this is an issue that directly affects us even though little has been done about it in years. One of the biggest excuses citizens use for not voting is that they don’t believe their vote counts, and that may not be too far from the truth. Although we vote in popular elections for whom we want to be nominated, our vote isn’t individually counted. Rather, we vote to be represented by someone who promises to vote in our favor. Even then, in most states, majority vote rules who gets ALL of the electoral votes. If 40% of the population votes for a republican, and 60% votes for a democrat, the democrat receives all of the state’s votes. This doesn’t allow the individuals who voted for the republican to be represented. In contrast, Nebraska and Maine proportionally distribute their votes depending on citizen votes.
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