The idea behind wisdom of the crowd is that the people who don’t know the answer cancel each other out. It’s the reason why the audience joker on who wants to be a millionaire is so powerful.
Wisdom of the crowds works when people are making somewhat educated guesses. It falls apart though if everybody groups themselves into camps that either think A or B and no other option because their camp leader has told them that they think A or B
If he’s from California then my vote counts a little more because my state has less population. The smaller the state’s population the more their vote counts.
Makes sense why candidates spend all their time trying to get these powerful voters on their side. Those 3 electoral votes really makes it the most powerful swing state.
Someone in Wyoming has more electoral votes to their votes, yes. And I believe that is the point you’re making.
If everyone in Wyoming voted for Candidate A. Candidate A has basically the same chance of winning or losing.
If everyone in California voted for Candidate A. Candidate A has a lot better chance of winning.
It’s more powerful to be able to vote in something that actually matters than to vote in something that doesn’t.
You could just not count any votes in Wyoming and still call the overall winner 99.999% of the time. It would have to come down to 3 electoral votes tie breaker for their votes to even matter. Whereas every vote in California always matters.
Like in this last election. If Harris won every “swing state”. But Trump could have won California and he’d win the election.
Electoral college has It’s pros and cons but “The smaller the state’s population the more their vote counts.” Isn’t true.
It’s the middle size, “swing states”, that the voters have the most powerful.
You aren’t a drop in the bucket like California, but your state has enough electoral votes to actually swing things.
That guys vote counts the same as yours. Just saying.
The idea behind wisdom of the crowd is that the people who don’t know the answer cancel each other out. It’s the reason why the audience joker on who wants to be a millionaire is so powerful.
Wisdom of the crowds works when people are making somewhat educated guesses. It falls apart though if everybody groups themselves into camps that either think A or B and no other option because their camp leader has told them that they think A or B
If he’s from California then my vote counts a little more because my state has less population. The smaller the state’s population the more their vote counts.
Wyoming has the lowest population.
Makes sense why candidates spend all their time trying to get these powerful voters on their side. Those 3 electoral votes really makes it the most powerful swing state.
Someone in Wyoming has more electoral votes to their votes, yes. And I believe that is the point you’re making.
If everyone in Wyoming voted for Candidate A. Candidate A has basically the same chance of winning or losing.
If everyone in California voted for Candidate A. Candidate A has a lot better chance of winning.
It’s more powerful to be able to vote in something that actually matters than to vote in something that doesn’t.
You could just not count any votes in Wyoming and still call the overall winner 99.999% of the time. It would have to come down to 3 electoral votes tie breaker for their votes to even matter. Whereas every vote in California always matters.
Like in this last election. If Harris won every “swing state”. But Trump could have won California and he’d win the election.
Electoral college has It’s pros and cons but “The smaller the state’s population the more their vote counts.” Isn’t true.
It’s the middle size, “swing states”, that the voters have the most powerful.
You aren’t a drop in the bucket like California, but your state has enough electoral votes to actually swing things.
Democracy!