1: There are 3,141 counties in the United States. Trump won 2,626 of them. Clinton won 487. 2: There are 62 counties in New York State. Trump won 46 of them. Clinton won 16. 3: Clinton won the popular vote by approx. 1.5 million votes. 4: In the 5 counties that encompass NYC, (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond & Queens) Clinton received well over 2 million more votes than Trump. (Clinton only won 4 of these counties; Trump won Richmond) Therefore these 5 counties alone, more than accounted for Clinton winning the popular vote of the entire country. 5: These 5 counties comprise 319 square miles. The United States is comprised of 3,797,000 square miles. 6: When you have a country that encompasses almost 4 million square miles of territory, it would be ludicrous to even suggest that the vote of those who inhabit a mere 319 square miles should dictate the outcome of a national election. Large, densely populated Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc) don’t and shouldn’t speak for the rest of the country. And this children, is WHY you have a Electoral College. It's a safety net so that EVERYONES vote counts."
Full Title: You’ll hear these 4 arguments in defense of the Electoral College. Here’s why they’re wrong
Right now, whether or not Democrats cheat in New York or California is less relevant because they'd win those states anyway. But as soon as you get rid of the EC, you've created a huge incentive for ballot-stuffing in states that are controlled top to bottom by a single party.
Where did the author come up with this idea?
The Electoral College was never about subduing the "passions" of the people, because the people were never going to directly elect the President.
The President was to be the executive of the federation of states, therefore the states were to choose the President.
The states were to be the governing bodies of the people, therefore the people were to choose their governors and state legislatures.
-PJ
And their solution, by massive coincidence, is the National Popular Vote Compact.
Poor Dems can't seem to get their illegals voting in the correct places t the correct times, so they just want to erase that location requirement altogether.
That’s exactly right.
I don’t know why all these states’ legislators or governors are going all out to dissolve the electoral college. If they do, then their state (through its counties) will have absolutely no say against the large and easily manipulated populations of a few coastal cities which are mostly counties themselves.
Beave Meister who writes for some newspaper is a lot smarter than our nation’s founding fathers.
If only they had had his wisdom to consult with, the Constitution could have been much better. /s
Three Nationality Harris is not a natural born citizen.
Natural born citizens are NATURALLY citizens because they only have ONE nationality.
The most pernicious thing to hit the law books is the National Popular Vote Bill, recently passed here in Colorado. If 100 percent of Coloradans vote for one candidate but the other candidate wins the overall national vote, all of Colorado’s electoral votes go to a candidate no one in Colorado voted for, hence disenfranchising every flipping voter in the state. Any Colorado legislator who voted for this bill will never, ever get my vote again.
Small states entered the Union under an agreement that allowed them a disproportionate amount of influence in the Senate, which is a part of the Electoral College scenario. If the rules are now changed, this violates the original agreement, and they should be allowed to leave the Union if they wish. If the Popular Vote issue becomes a reality, I could see about 30 states wanting to leave the Union.
The Blue states can control who'd be president if the EC was eliminated.
“Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren recently called for the abolition of the Electoral College, while other Democratic presidential candidates, including former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kamala Harris, have said the Electoral College should be re-evaluated.”
What do I care about what a Fake indian, a fake Mexican and a fake American think?
It may make sense to award a State’s electoral votes proportionally to the percentage of the popular vote won by the candidate in that State. For example if the Repub wins 40% of the votes in California he get 40% of the electors. That would help erase the huge advantage the RATS have in electors before a vote is even cast.
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