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Originally Posted by violetpretty
I don't see the big deal about the "state" having a say. States' rights were a much bigger deal 230 and 140 years ago.
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I see a very big deal about it. It's not about states "rights" at all, at least not as that term is usually used. It's about being a
federal republic. That the states have retained through the Constitution the right to have equal or proportional voice in how the country is governed is what makes this is federal republic. The states are not political subdivisions or administrative divisions of the country like, say, regions in France (or counties of a state); they are sovereign states that have ceded a portion of their sovereignty in order to form a federal government for the benefit of all. The two vehicles of government where this is most clearly demonstrated are the Senate, where a Wyoming has a voice equal to a California's, and the electoral college, where the states elect the president.
Looking only to the popular vote simply ignores the federal framework of the country.
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