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DSandra

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10. They have outsized influence though because of the electoral college and because a sizeable amount of people don't vote

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:32 PM

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A handful of states have the deciding factor in a presidential election and gerrymandering gives them outsized influence in those states in the house. They naturally had an advantage in the senate as well. They get the power because our federal government gives them it.

Voter turnout is lower overall because many people know that their state won’t have a say in determining the election (although it has a say in whether the president gets a mandate for their agenda), but the ones that sit out in battleground states are super guilty in essence because silence = a vote for the opposition party.

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