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@ticklishtiger898546 · Jan 12, 2026

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@browngorilla160747 · Jan 12, 2026 12:55 am

CMV: A few swing districts in the US hold the outsized power to upend geopolitics/economics, and that is a systemic risk

US elections are typically polarized, and only a few swing states matter - yes we know that. But even within those states, many localities or districts vote on familiar lines and don’t affect the outcome of that swing state. It is truly a few districts that end up deciding the fate of USA and arguably the world (as 2025 is evidence enough)
This is an extremely high concentration of power in hands of a few (say hundred of thousands to a few million at most), which makes it a significant *systemic risk*. Yet global agencies don’t talk about it (e.g. https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Risks_Report_2025.pdf)
Add social media propaganda, and AI driven algorithms, and it feels it’s disturbingly easy to target disinformation at this narrow group and shift outcomes that affect populations far beyond them.
It’s a pretty broken system.
A parliamentary style setup definitely would have given a more balanced power to population.
Edit: a lot of downvotes! Looks like the average Joe really feels nationalistic about their electoral system and doesn’t want to hear anything bad about it.
Edit 2: a lot of answers are trying this CMV with a theoretical approach that basically a region is fre

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