The Trouble with the Electoral College

[lucystarlight]

The 22% figure is assuming 1) there are only two candidates, and 2) everyone shows up to vote. You could win with a much smaller margin.

[katekat]

I want to see the candidate who can win both Wyoming and DC.

[BPoweredLove]

5:45 UPDATE:
"Not once, not twice, not thrice, but fourthice" this has happened. 2016.

[fep_ptcp]

America invented the presidential system, but refused to install the latest upgrades and bug fixes

[gabelous]

Here in 2020, I honestly don't think any youtube video has aged better...

[qzldvtd]

That 22% could be even worse. Voter turnout doesnt have to be the ssme in all states

[pluve]

So the electoral college rolls a d20 every election and if it gets a nat1 the unpopular candidate wins

[virmirus]

It's been almost a decade, and the "Hoosiers" thing still burns my Hoosier soul every time.

[ANonyMouse]

The unfair part is the winner take all. Each state should have their electors be proportionately distributed. That way a narrow win in Florida will not yield a 29 electorate gain for one candidate.

[EmmaBonn]

4:40

You could add far more to this

You’re assuming everyone in each state is voting

If you just use turnout population
You could get elected by convincing about 10% of people to vote for you

[dabakonader]

I actually did the math for the required metro areas to make a majority. You would need all 40 of the biggest metro areas to win, and that assumes that ALL of the people in the metro area voted for you, which is EXTREMELY improbable, especially since who’s going to win Houston, Dallas, LA and NYC

[adamgreene]

3:25
Another important thing to remember is that a popular vote wouldn't be winner take all for cities, the way the electoral college is for states. Even if these cities did make up over half the population, its not like a candidate could go to just the cities and win *_ALL_* the votes there. They would be going to the cities and getting _many_ votes, but not even close to all of them. As it is now, a candidate can go to Pennsylvania and win just over half the votes, but get almost 4% of the electoral votes.

[omershaik]

but here's the catch: who can abolish it? poloticians. who is benefiting from it? poloticians. so...

[DanielJackson]

People from Illinois aren’t called hoosiers, that would be someone from indiana

[redDL]

"...By making some people's votes more equal than others."

I see what you did there.

[salute]

YOU DON'T CALL AN ILLINOISAN A HOOSIER *corn husking intensifies*

[joeciv_]

I KNOW this mans did not just call Illinois “Hoosiers”. That’s Indiana bro

[joesmith]

A hoosier is someone from Indiana, not illinois.

[aetherA]

The saddest part of this is he never mentions how having policies that don’t align with any states values should be insurmountable which is the real point of the electoral college, to value each states goals.. and he’s right, winning votes is about campaigning and not policies, and it has been for a long time now.

[nigerianprince]

CGP Grey fetishes:
Voting system
New York vs New Jersey
Monarchies (mostly british)