Thread: Do you care if your vote counts or not?

EDIT: I split this from another thread, because I think the question is general, and not about either one of the candidates (that actually matter)

Originally Posted by gugi

you're in lon gisland... well, it really doesn't matter who you vote for, as far as the outcome of the election is concerned.
i mean a single vote has never mattered in the us elections, but it there are degrees of non mattering - one thin is ohio, completely different NY, or ID

Not mattering is voting dem in TX, or rep in CA.
That is the biggest flaw in the system imo.
I get the reason for electoral votes, and the different number of them per state.
And since the states get to decide how to vote, they have the right to determine how to organize the electoral college.

But imo it would be a lot fairer to the people to divide the electoral college, representative of the statewide vote, instead of 'winner take all'.
That way, your vote would have importance, even if you are a dem in TX or a rep in CA. And there would be no more counties deciding the outcome of an entire election, just because their last vote determines who gets the entire electoral college of Florida behind him.

What do YOU guys think about this?