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CMV: popular vote is not superior to the Electoral College.

If my understanding is wrong, please tell me, because this would probably change my mind.

So the way it makes sense to me is that if we have the popular vote, the more people who vote will win. Just like almost everything else we vote on outside of politics.

And the Electoral College prevents this from happening by attempting to give states like Maine or Rhode Island the same voting power as California or Colorado.

People want a popular vote because it makes sense as the one with the more popular opinion wins.

So this is my question/ opinion...

Let’s say 51% of the country is progressive and 49% is conservative. Does that mean that almost half the country just has to deal with it? They just don’t get a say in the matter?

If I flipped those numbers, and the conservatives won, would you for the popular vote as much?

This largely assumes that the two sides would never change and therefore it would always be a progressive or conservative President, as a result. I do realize people change their minds.
gpt
>Let’s say 51% of the country is progressive and 49% is conservative. Does that mean that almost half the country just has to deal with it? They just don’t get a say in the matter?

Yes, because either way, almost half the people in the country have to deal with it. The more popular vote should be the one that sticks. 

It's like when you were a kid. Say you've got 3 siblings so there's 4 children and 2 parents. You're discussing what to do for dinner.   The parents want to go to Chili's but you and your 3 brothers want to get outback. Well, you're going to Chili's because the electoral votes are the parents. They have more say. The popular vote doesn't matter and 2/3 of the people just have to deal with it. 

That's exactly what's going on now except everyone voting is an adult so they shouldn't be able to pull the "parent" card.