Matrix Morpheus

What if I told you that candidates are elected by "electors" in the electoral college who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. Your vote does matter.

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While I would agree with what you're saying is true, and that this has occurred roughly 87 times in past elections. Never in the history of elections have electorates voting against the wishes of their state caused an election to be swung in the opposite direction of how that state voted. The electoral college system definitely needs to be upgraded though.

you are completely correct.

Each state has their own process for selecting the electoral college and determining how the vote determines the state's choice. Some will put all votes with one candidate, and Maine and Nebraska will split their electorates, others give all their votes to the majority candidate. Smaller states have more votes per number of people in that state than others