Posted on 12/17/2016 9:17:12 PM PST by Repeal 16-17
Democrats who are having trouble getting out of the first stage of grief denial aren't being helped by the fact that, now that all the votes are counted, Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote has topped 2.8 million, giving her a 48% share of the vote compared with Trumps 46%.
To those unschooled in how the United States selects presidents, this seems totally unfair. But look more closely at the numbers and you see that Clinton's advantage all but disappears.
As we noted in this space earlier, while Clinton's overall margin looks large and impressive, it is due to Clinton's huge margin of victory in one state California where she got a whopping 4.3 million more votes than Trump.
California is the only state, in fact, where Clinton's margin of victory was bigger than President Obama's in 2012 61.5% vs. Obama's 60%.
But California is the exception that proves the true genius of the Electoral College which was designed to prevent regional candidates from dominating national elections.
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I am not saying that she will succeed. I am not saying that she will not keel over before then. I am not saying that ambitious Democrats, finally sick of taking a back seat to the Clintons don’t conspire to wrest control of the party from her. All I am saying is that she, as of now, is planning to try again.
More correctly it came from Los Angeles alone.
Abolish the stinkin' College. They are hacks with bad breath.
Count the vote by congressional district. One EV per CD carried, plus two extra for carrying the majority of a state's CDs, or the state's popular vote in the event of a tie in CDs. But no electors! Make the electoral vote automatic, based on the relevant popular votes.
In that system, stealing votes in an available urban cesspool at most steals a CD, not a whole state.
In that system, the Donald would probably have received 15 EVs from California!
But don't hold your breath. The change would require a constitutional amendment.
In the meantime, dissolve the Union if the election does not come out as voted!!
Hillary got the illegal vote and Democrats are who they will vote for en masse. This is why the Democrats are willing to go to the mat to keep illegals in the country.
“Hillary will try again in 2020.”
She and bill will be dead by then.
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Lock her up.
I want to know how many illegals voted in California
...”Yeah thats what happens when they allow illegal aliens to vote in this state..of course she won California, easily..illegals came out by the truck load to vote for her..take out CA and Trump wins the popular vote easily”...
I read an estimate that 3 million illegals voted in California. Do you know whether that number is true?
This Video of Celebs Urging Electoral College to Change Their Votes is So Bad Its Retroactively Why Trump Won
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3505868/posts
...”Illegals can get drivers license and can vote in California, cant they?”...
I believe the “Motor Voter law,” put forth by Wendell Ford, liberal Senator from KY, years ago, made that possible. If I understand correctly, it was a scheme to try and insure that Democrats would never lose an election because you are registered to vote when you get a driver’s license. You do not have to prove anything else and it applies all over the country. Quite a problem for real American citizens, if true. Democrats and the left wing are like the dog chasing the car. They will not like what they get when they succeed with their un-thought-out aggressions.
The way to solve the California, and other similar problems, is with tough bankruptcy laws for states. No bailout, but reversion to territorial status. No Senators of voting Reps, and the now defunct ‘State of Bankruptcy’ could resolve its financial issues before re-applying, in whole or in part, for re-admission for statehood.
Next I look forward to the trail of tears for criminals who thought our nation would remain lawless forever and the following EXODUS back the other way across our borders, many never to be permitted to return.
How much was due to voter fraud and the votes of illegal, non-citizen voters?
But don’t hold your breath. The change would require a constitutional amendment.
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The Constitution doesn’t mandate how the states select their electors. See Nebraska and Maine.
Stop using the word Hispanic.
California is now overrun and dominated by MEXICANS, MEXICANS, MEXICANS!
Stop giving them cover by calling them Hispanics. It is a full blown invasion by Mexico. That’s what this is.
Cali needs to be cleaned up. Obviously the politicians in that state are corrupt. Cut off any funding to them and run the illegals out. It may get a little messy, but it will be worth it.
That's 121.5%
Love it - so many songs are so descriptive of events....
So, only California needs to vote to provide a proxy for the rest of the nation
With apologies to California Freepers that produce the site and provide lots of monetary support, California needs to be purged. Those that lie outside the blue coastal zone can reapply if the taint and stench is removed
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