Sometimes, Republicans can be their own worst enemies by talking themselves out of doing anything before they even try. Just because we "know" something to be, doesn't mean we can't still put it out there for others to draw their own conclusions.
-PJ
The map is fine for what it is and is illustrative. But don’t confuse land with people and representatives. Land doesn’t get disenfranchised.
What matters is the number of representatives. The dems won the House in 2016 and thus have more representatives and represent more people than the Republicans.
It is actually worse. Many of those Republicans are RINOs. :-)
His point: a “majority” is not being disenfranchised. The red, while overwhelming by area, does not represent a majority of people.
Which was the point of creating this country, and the Electoral College: _individual_ rights matter most; just because a few dense areas outnumber the occupants of “flyover country” doesn’t mean the former gets to boss around the latter. We are a nation of united _states_, each of which representing the interests of those living in that region against the interests of those living under distinctly different circumstances. The EC ensures the minority is not inevitably trod upon by the majority, to the point that the minority may win choice of President.
The correct interpretation of the map: a minority, weighted to expose the disparate nature of this country and take the interest of cumulative greater regions into account, respects the greater disparity of interests sharing common solutions. To wit, this is the Founders’ solution to “tolerance and diversity”, superior to progressives’ high density of localized interests dominating all.