Comment by omegaworks
12 years ago
>Everyone gets to vote. Granted, we can't all make large campaign contributions, but ultimately the vote is what actually matters.
Wrong, on the most basic level. [1]
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_State...
Also wrong because in many states convicted felons are disenfranchised. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement#Unite... . "As of 2010, all the various state felony disenfranchisement laws added together block an estimated 5.9 million Americans from voting."
Well, thank God for that. Let me rephrase then: Everyone who isn't a complete and total loser gets to vote.
I find it very odd that a convicted felon in Kentucky is unable to vote, and considered a "total loser" by you, while someone who did the same crime in Maine has not lost the vote, and so is not a loser.
You can of course define "total loser" to include someone who has been disenfranchised, but that would be an unusual definition that seems deliberately constructed to misinform.
Refocus on the third sentence...
Instead, they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis.[3]
It's not wrong at all. The vote is still what matters, even with the electoral college.