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The winner take all system causes presidential candidates to only pay attention to the sway states. It was put in place to give smaller states a say but all it really does is cause presidential nominees to ignore states dominated by a specific party and people living in those states contribute nothing. As an arizonan, my vote probably won't matter because all of my states votes will go to trump. If you live in california then you know that all of the electors will vote for clinton; the republicans in califrornia don't matter. The system is unfairly balanced in favor of sway states. The only 2 states which don't use this are Maine and Nebraska; the voters' vote matters in those states.
In primaries, there were a few winner take all states (such as florida and ohio) but most of them had delegates which voted proportionally. Why can't the general election be like this?
Look, I understand that the winner take all system is meant to keep big states from having too much influence, and to their credit, I'm not a big fan of the Californian government's policies and it gives smaller states like Colorado more say. That's why electors were taken from the bigger states and given to smaller states. The winner take all system isn't necessary to protect states' rights; it was just there because the founders thought that giving the people too much say would result in mob rule.
In primaries, there were a few winner take all states (such as florida and ohio) but most of them had delegates which voted proportionally. Why can't the general election be like this?
Look, I understand that the winner take all system is meant to keep big states from having too much influence, and to their credit, I'm not a big fan of the Californian government's policies and it gives smaller states like Colorado more say. That's why electors were taken from the bigger states and given to smaller states. The winner take all system isn't necessary to protect states' rights; it was just there because the founders thought that giving the people too much say would result in mob rule.