> In no event should a relatively small subset of the population in a handful of states be responsible for choosing the President of the United States.
I don't know why people love to say this; its simply not true. Just because we can predict which way certain regions will lean before the vote comes in does not imply that those regions don't matter. Does Nate Silver predicting 100% of the outcome of the election mean none of our votes mattered? Of course not.
The purpose of voting is not to "change the outcome election". The purpose is to participate in the process, thereby giving the process legitimacy.
I don't know why people love to say this; its simply not true. Just because we can predict which way certain regions will lean before the vote comes in does not imply that those regions don't matter. Does Nate Silver predicting 100% of the outcome of the election mean none of our votes mattered? Of course not.
The purpose of voting is not to "change the outcome election". The purpose is to participate in the process, thereby giving the process legitimacy.