Posted on 11/10/2016 7:59:24 AM PST by Mr Rogers
These numbers come from Wikipedia articles:
California's popular vote was 5.5 million for Hillary to 3.0 million for Trump, giving Hillary a 2.5 million surplus in California. That surplus gave her a little over 230,000 vote lead nationwide. Without the California vote, the popular vote would have been roughly 56.7 million Trump to 54.4 million Hillary, a 2.3 million surplus for Trump.
The electoral vote was 306 to 232. Without California, the electoral vote would have been 306 to 177 - a 129 vote difference!
In the House, Wiki gives the Republicans 240 seats to 188 for the Democrats. Without California, that would be 226 to 147. And there would be 2 fewer Democrat senators...
No we would not survive. Unfortunately, Jim would have to move. Florida would welcome him with open arms. And he’d save a lot of money doing so.
Texas would welcome him as well. I have been honored to meet the family at TCMS and like y’all in Florida would love to welcome them permanently.
;>)
Oh definitely Texas would be great for Jim. I love visiting Texas a lot!
It's a pretty heavy thumb-- one out of eight Americans lives in California.
Yeah, it is a heavy thumb - and a totally dysfunctional one. If it were not for the anchor of California, America could get going again. It is like trying to run a race with a 30lb lump on your leg!
49 states are sane. Maybe 49.5, but that last 0.5 sucks.
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