▲ 12 ▼ A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments After Jared Williams was elected Augusta DA, a lawyer and state lawmaker made an unusual proposal: that the whitest county split from the circuit
[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) The electoral college was just a way for southern states to launder their slave votes through their plantation owners delegation, nothing else. The fact we didn't remove it after emancipation was a catastrophic oversight. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago ...But the electoral college is population based. That's why California has 55 delegates, and Wyoming has 3. Slaves have nothing to do with it now. The issue is that most states do a 'winner takes all' approach. If, for instance, Texas voted 49.9% Democratic, and 50.1% Republican, then all of their 38 delegates would be pledged to the Republican nominee (...and the state legislature would pass laws restricting the ability of Democrats to vote). That was how Trump won in 2016, despite not winning the popular vote. OTOH, Biden won the popular vote by a comfortable margin, 51% to 47%, but won the electoral vote by a larger 56% to 44% margin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago ...But the electoral college is population based. That's why California has 55 delegates, and Wyoming has 3. Slaves have nothing to do with it now. The issue is that most states do a 'winner takes all' approach. If, for instance, Texas voted 49.9% Democratic, and 50.1% Republican, then all of their 38 delegates would be pledged to the Republican nominee (...and the state legislature would pass laws restricting the ability of Democrats to vote). That was how Trump won in 2016, despite not winning the popular vote. OTOH, Biden won the popular vote by a comfortable margin, 51% to 47%, but won the electoral vote by a larger 56% to 44% margin. permalink fedilink source parent