Not voting is a vote for whomever wins.
Voting in california and not voting in california are statistically identical, so if you don't move to a swing state, you're just voting for whoever wins, right?
"You voted for DJT, you're an evil person!" "Well actually, let me explain to you how the electoral college works..."
It has certainly happened before.
Until an election is decided by rogue delegates, this is a frivolous point.
If it ever does happen, it makes the whole exercising of voting even more useless than it already is for states like CA, the vote truly means nothing as opposed to just being symbolically useless.
So, the EC absolutely matters, and it’ll matter right up until it doesn’t. At which point, who tf cares?
How does the electoral college system work in a way that encourages you to vote for someone you don't want?
You have two top candidates, by voting for a third party you are deferring to the popular vote on the top two and 'subtracting' a vote from your favorite of the top two.
Yes, I know that there are down ballot races on the same day that matter, but many don’t, for the same or similar reasons. We need elections that let everyone’s vote matter. Things like the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, working to end gerrymandering, and open primaries would all be helpful reforms in different ways.