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Originally Posted by horseofcourse
My vote means absolutely zero. If I choose to vote for a democrat for president in any given election in the state I live, my vote is absolutely meaningless. Which makes sense...I am a meaningless person! It's this way in many states for both sides of the political spectrum. A popular vote would make them actually campaign cross country as random red and blue votes in random blue and red states would actually mean something. It's hard for me to think a popular vote wouldn't increase voter turnout as well.
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It's very divisive. Even if you do some incredible gymnastics to come up with an argument to call it fair(somehow,) you can't deny it's one of the most divisive things we have in place.