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the-pi-guy on 14 November 2022
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I keep wanting to say this.

I think a big issue with US's democracy is that there is a growing disparity between who has the advantage for elections, and who think they do.

Conservatives tend to think that they're at a disadvantage, "the elections are being stolen".

Despite the fact that a lot of districts are gerrymandered for Republicans.

Take Wisconsin 2018:

- Democrats got 9% more votes for their House Representatives, and yet 5/8ths of the Representatives went to the Republican party.

- Democrats got 8% more votes for their state legislature, and yet 2/3rds of the assembly went to Republicans.

Democrats would have needed to win by 20% in order to get control of Assembly.

This also happens at the state level. A lot of red states have disproportionately more representation than blue states. 

Red votes tend to be worth more, and yet they're convinced otherwise. 

https://wallethub.com/edu/how-much-is-your-vote-worth/7932

For Senator, a Wyoming voter has 64x as much voting power as a California voter. And yet the Wyoming voter is more likely to think that their vote was taken from them.

Runa216 said:
TheMisterManGuy said:

Get rid of mass Mail-in Ballots. They're slow, unreliable, and can be easily manipulated by either political party. Mail-ins should only be used in special cases like military or citizens traveling. Conservative or Liberal, nobody wants to wait days, let alone weeks to find out who won an election, regardless of who wins. The fact that several states kept their COVID-era election rules despite COVID being pretty much over is pathetic. Elections should be done in person, on one night, and the winner should be decided the same night. If other countries can do this, why can't the U.S.?

Hasn't it been proven, multiple times over, that Mail-In voting is completely fine and does not have any history of being tampered with? Like, every time I read up on it, it sounds just as reliable and safe as any voting, it just takes a bit longer to count.

And for something as important as your damn democracy, shouldn't you be willing to take the extra time to do it right? I mean, it's not like the people are taking office the SECOND the polls close, is it? 

I think a major issue is that people don't understand the process. How do votes get counted? How does voter verification work? 

People don't understand all these parts of the voting process. 

It's why Tom Scott keeps making videos explaining why electronic voting is a bad idea. 

And of course there are bad actors willing to push distrust into that lack of knowledge. 

Last edited by the-pi-guy - on 14 November 2022