Ginsburg’s death crystallizes the choice in November as no other issue can

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Twice in the past five elections, the popular vote winner has lost the presidential election. It could happen again in November, as Trump is likely to lose the popular vote as he did in 2016. Senate Republicans control the upper chamber, but their members represent fewer than half the nation’s population. Republicans in the House have routinely won more seats than their share of the vote, thanks to the makeup of congressional districts.

This is not an issue that is suddenly upon the country. Two years ago, the Economist magazineran a cover story with the headline, “American democracy’s built-in bias,” which highlighted the consequences of a nation with an expanding urban-rural split as wide as it is now in the United States layered on top of the constitutional system crafted upon compromise between big-state and small-state interests.
 
The US is more geography than democracy. Gerrymandering explains some of this but certainly not all. Farming is usually given more weight as well. Was it designed that way is my question.
 
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I live in a small rural state with a small state population. I love the state I live in and I live here by choice. Our whole state has less than 2 million people living here. We account for .5% of the total population of the country.

The Electoral College allows states like mine to have some say in the running of our country. There are 22 states that have less than 1% of the country’s population, 11 of those with less than .5%.

We are a country made of 50 states. Regardless of size or population all states deserve to have representation in our federal government. Why should a small number of states be allowed to choose the president and leave out so many smaller states with much smaller populations.
 
I’m not sure why RBG’s death is any more important now than previously. She’s long been known to be in poor health and not likely to have lasted past this election. I think she was personally holding on to try and wait for this election before officially retiring and it’s quite sad that she died without any time to enjoy her remaining years however short it might have been.

No matter your politics, she was an amazing woman and respected by almost all politicians and other justices.
 
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You have to wonder how long the citizens of the US will accept minority rule.
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That is because everyone is more than just a US citizen. We are also citizens of our various cities. We are citizens of our counties. We are citizens of our states.

It would take two-thirds of both the House and the Senate, and three-fourths of the states (38) to change the Electoral College. There will be no change any time soon.
 
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The Electoral College allows states like mine to have some say in the running of our country
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Maybe but why do they need to be winner-take-all when states like Nebraska and Maine do well without it?
 
Well, for one thing, gives even the most red or blue state residents reason to vote. And for each candidate to visit all states since each electoral vote will have to be earned.

And who knows, that one electoral vote in Nebraska may indeed be worth campaigning over.
 
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