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submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma to c/politicalmemes

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[–] then_three_more 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

No it doesn't. I'm pretty interested in politics so I understand some of it

your parties vote for who they're going to have to run for them. The details of this I don't know.
you have state by state FPTP elections. The details of this I don't know.
some weird shit happens with something called the ~~electrical~~ electoral college.
somehow Congress and the house of representatives are elected.

[–] Frozengyro 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

If you're pretty interested in politics you should learn how it works. I'm not interested in politics, but fully understand how they work.

And yea it is a weird and convoluted system, but it's really not that complex or confusing.

[–] then_three_more 3 points 9 months ago

I understand how the system of the country I live in works. I was responding to the comment that everyone in other countries understands how the system works in the USA.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'm an American who has paid attention to and participated in politics for over 20 years and I still get confused, our method of electing leaders is seriously WTF.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

the electoral college is only for the president, the rest is pretty on point. the only "national" election is when the electoral college votes (we don't vote for the president directly, we vote for how we want our state's electors to vote), and the rest is left up to the states (who love to make as huge a mess as they can of it), which is why the details seem obfuscated.

[–] then_three_more 1 points 9 months ago

Is it that different states have different amounts of electors based on population?