[quintushoratius]

As if presidential elections are the only elections, or even the only ones that matter.

What the prior commenter meant is that in some jurisdictions it's pointless to vote against one of the parties because they win so overwhelmingly.

For example, I live in Massachusetts. The legislature is 95% one party. There's no point in being in another party, you'll never get elected and your vote won't change the outcome. It sounds like a dream if it's "your" party but without inter-party tension there are a lot of shenanigans that go on.

Your municipal and state elections are, by a wide margin, the most consequential to your daily life. Congressional representatives have a moderate importance.

Who is elected president has the least impact to your daily life, and to the laws and politics of the country, of any person you ever vote for. It's actually tiny, even if some people would like you to think it's everything.

[xocnad]

There are down election solutions, unfortunately most are as likely to succeed as the electoral compact. Non-paetisan definition of district boundaries for US and state legislatures, and ranked choice voting for these and more local elections.

Gerrymandering is a cancer on our democracy. Unfortunately it is self perpetuating.