To: Clintonfatigued
I don’t care who won the popular vote.....it is meaningless. The Electoral College put ALL states in play. Otherwise only the big states would matter in campaigning.
5 posted on
11/09/2016 3:05:08 PM PST by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: originalbuckeye
Brilliant founders protected the Republic.
To: originalbuckeye
The EC gives emphasis to the will of the various States by adding two votes to their Congressional House (mostly - see Mont. vs. Wyo on headcount per Representative) representation. It's not named "The United States" for nothing.
Otherwise it would be named "The United Urban Utopias of the 'Rats".
22 posted on
11/09/2016 3:11:06 PM PST by
Paladin2
(ue furnature)
To: originalbuckeye
Otherwise only the big states would matter in campaigning. It's not just campaigning. It's policy.
Even deep blue and deep red states affect policy. The party and candidates must build a platform that appeals to states that combine into an EC majority.
If they didn't do so, deep blue and deep red states would turn purple, as well.
24 posted on
11/09/2016 3:12:47 PM PST by
justlurking
(#TurnOffCNN)
To: originalbuckeye
” don’t care who won the popular vote.....it is meaningless.”
Democrats - as they did after the Gore defeat—now are rumored to be pushing for abolishing the Electoral College.
This seems to come up only when they lose a presidential election.
57 posted on
11/09/2016 4:36:26 PM PST by
yetidog
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