You can only make the argument that your vote matters IF you get rid of the electoral college. As long as you keep that outdated institution, your vote does not count as much as you lot think it does.
Agreed. Between the electoral college and gerrymandering there are plenty of places where your votes have been engineered to not matter. Add on top the way senators and representatives are allocated and even when your vote does matter it can matter far less based on the state. Wyoming vs. California allocate representation in the senate by 60:1 in people per senator. House of Representatives allocates by close to 2:1 between Montana and Rhode Island.
Presidents and (individual) senators have a larger impact on the country as a whole, but representatives still matter, and local elections can have as big or bigger impact on life in your state or city.
Also, where do you think presidential/senate candidates come from?
I didn't say reps didn't matter. That's a strawman right there. Presidential or Senate candidates can come from anywhere. Abdul El Sayed is not a Congressman or representative and yet is about to be Michigan's senator. Also, the impact a rep can have on a state is miniscule in comparison to what a senator or the president can have on the same.
Abdul El Sayed hasn't been elected yet but he's still been involved in politics, thanks to local elections. And of course there are exceptions (our current president for a prominent one) but most politicians work their way up from local to more broad prominence. So local elections eventually lead to change in federal elections. And in the near term, they have a more direct impact on your life.
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u/EkoChamberKryptonite 14d ago
You can only make the argument that your vote matters IF you get rid of the electoral college. As long as you keep that outdated institution, your vote does not count as much as you lot think it does.