And this is how it ends...

[hollohas]

What I'm saying is that the population centers neutralize everywhere else, because states throw ALL their electoral votes at 1 candidate. With a direct democracy, everybody outside get their votes heard.

Not even close to true. The electoral college is the exact opposite of what you're saying.

What the electoral college does is allow states with low populations to actually have a voice. With a direct democracy, states with low populations would NEVER have their voice heard. Ever. They simply wouldn't count anymore. They would be neutralized WITHOUT the electoral college. The population centers would neutralize even more areas if we were to move to a direct democracy, not less.

And there are actually two states that split their electoral college votes proportionally between candidates based on actual votes.

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Not even close to true. The electoral college is the exact opposite of what you're saying.

What the electoral college does is allow states with low populations to actually have a voice. With a direct democracy, states with low populations would NEVER have their voice heard. Ever. They simply wouldn't count anymore. They would be neutralized WITHOUT the electoral college. The population centers would neutralize even more areas if we were to move to a direct democracy, not less.

And there are actually two states that split their electoral college votes proportionally between candidates based on actual votes.

This pretty much sums it up.