Posted on 11/10/2016 1:33:25 PM PST by Eddie01
The counting isn’t finalized yet, but so far Hillary Clinton has won more votes than Donald Trump in Tuesday’s presidential election, and her margin is expected to rise as more votes from California gradually get tallied.
But due to the magic of the Electoral College, Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States.
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Vote fraud in the Dem strongholds could have run up the popular vote for the beest.
This is pure unadulterated crap.
First all the fraudulent votes cast for Clinton should be subtracted. Seriously, I truly hope that cleaning up the voter rolls,and enforcing eligibility laws gets implemented before 2018 election.
It is not Magic.
It is Federalism: It is States’ Rights.
It is Anti-Communism, since it prevents pure democracy, which inevitably leads to communism.
I don’t want to be ruled by a few coastal states. If they let us flyover states secede and form our own nation(s), then let them run theirs however they want.
I don’t want to be ruled by a few coastal states. If they let us flyover states secede and form our own nation(s), then let them run theirs however they want.
Hear! Hear!
Yulee, I’ve been talking about this type of model for many years.
The EC design is a total of the number of Reps, plus the number of Senators, plus three for the District of Columbia. That totals 538, at the present time.
Ask any of these airhead libs why 270 is the goal. They don’t have a clue.
In my model, the EV representing each congressional district would be cast for the candidate who garnered the popular vote in that district. The two that represent the Senators would be cast for the candidate who won the popular vote in that State. And, DC would cast their three for the candidate who won the popular vote in DC.
This simple model values my vote equally to other in my Congressional district. As it stands, today (OH is winner take all, of course), my vote means squat because I don’t vote in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati or Toledo (and sometimes Dayton, or Athens County).
Applied Nationwide, an apportioned model would be much more truly representative of the will of the people, and much more in tune with the Founders’ view of keeping politics LOCAL.
Time to add this to the movement!
State boundaries are at least definite and well-established.
Congressional district boundaries change, and depending on how you draw them you can get vastly different results.
If we go down that route or scrap the Electoral College entirely we may as well just switch over to a Parliamentary system where Congress picks a Prime Minister.
Don’t forget Massachusetts! When it comes to feeling disenfranchised, we know our GOP votes don’t count for anything but a protest vote aimed at annoying the Dims who can’t believe there are any of us left in the state or that we even dare to vote our GOP conscious.
Perfect!
Ok. Thanks for replying
Love Key Largo by the way.
We have vacationed there 5 times over the last 10 years.
Were standing across the street, getting ready to board when the moron drove his car into the Wendy’s dining room.
I have more confidence in the Electoral College for deciding elections than I do in imaginary citizens.
WTA = Disenfranchisement.
Once the euphoria wears off, the truth will hit home that we nearly lost this election (less than the margin of error in key states which dictate winner or loser is a harbinger of things to come).
I have major concerns that all we’ve done is kick the can down the road without accomplishing anything unless Trump truly plans on leading the country forward amd making extremely radical changes. It will be painful and with that, unpopular. That stated, I have grave concerns for that which the other side will put forward in 2020 and the support that they will find from a stupid electorate.
If he surrounds himself with Conservatives - not political hacks - then I will be much less cynical, bit the challenge is in netting tangible results in under 4 years to merit reelection by the same or better margins.
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