Winner takes all + Electoral College

Adding variables to the election

This rule has created more variables for the U.S. presidential election because the counting of electoral votes is done on a national basis, but the “winner takes all” rule erases the public opinion gap of presidential candidates within each state. This can lead to a situation where a candidate trailing in the national popular vote can gain an advantage in electoral votes due to the “winner takes all” rule and win the U.S. presidential election.

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Increasing "division" in the U.S.

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"Swing states" become the focal point of competition between the two parties

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In recent years, the U.S. has shown a trend of increasing "division." The Democratic and Republican parties are in stark opposition on issues like immigration, abortion, and gun control, leading voters in multiple states to show a tendency of being "one-sided." For example, California consistently supports the Democratic Party, while the Republican Party has a clear advantage in Texas.

Registered voters: 160 million

Only about 150,000 may ultimately decide America's fate

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Under such an electoral system, the U.S. presidential election presents a bizarre situation where "a few people decide the fate of the majority." Analysts have remarked that this complex electoral system in the U.S., amid mutual attacks and pulls between the two parties, as well as the intensifying political environment of "veto politics" and "identity politics," has gradually lost its effect of bridging differences and forming consensus, merely serving as a political process and becoming a profit-seeking tool for politicians. It neither truly expresses public opinion nor addresses the daily concerns of the majority.

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As the long-standing saying goes about the U.S. elections — the U.S. election is just about picking the less rotten apple from two rotten ones.

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