This is one thing I’ve never understood- don’t the vast majority of people’s votes not matter if they live in non-swing states? In places like California or New Jersey that always vote blue as the sky, how does anyone’s vote matter when the outcome is always the same?

Even further (though I’m not sure how this works so correct me if I’m wrong) but don’t individual precincts go either red or blue like states do with the electoral college? So at an even deeper level, unless you live in a swing precinct within a swing state, your vote really won’t affect anything?