The situation where candidates never need to campaign in the country's largest cities is taken for granted by Americans but one of the weirdest and most broken things about our baroque political system
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But that map changes somewhat every year. Texas would have been red in any previous recent election.
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(It's still red in this one)
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That's not true at all. It's just that your vote is taken for granted, so Presidential candidates probably won't visit or focus unnecessary attention on you. Which is a huge problem! But gimme states do sometimes become swingers. Texas and Georgia this cycle, for example.
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I don't agree, though of course this is how the Electoral College works. Your vote matters -- even in a state that tilts heavily red or blue -- because (a) you never know anymore (Texas!), and (b) there's value in comparing the total popular votes of the candidates.
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You can live in California and never vote a day in your life with no fear of your slacking having any impact at all on a contested American election
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How many people live in the red ones vs blue ones ?
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You have a global information network at your fingertips to find the answer
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But your vote *can* impact Senate races! Which can serve to accelerate or to temper a President's agenda. It's less sexy than the Presidency, sure, but you've been a good voice for advocating how important these are!
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I'm not telling people not to vote, but pointing out that it's screwed up that most of the population doesn't have a say in who becomes president
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