Posted on 12/25/2017 3:21:07 PM PST by MarvinStinson
In their infinite wisdom, the founders of our country created a structure called the "Electoral College" as a control system and to ensure the individual states were fairly represented. Otherwise one or two densely populated areas would speak for the whole of the nation. It was not created as a device to favor Democrats, Republicans, Whigs, Tories or any other political affiliation. It was created as a system of "checks and balances" to guard against any small vocal area, with a specific agenda, speaking for the whole of the nation.
The following list of statistics should put an end to the argument as to why the Electoral College makes sense.
THERE ARE 3,141 COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
TRUMP WON 3,084 OF THEM. CLINTON WON 57.
THERE ARE 62 COUNTIES IN NEW YORK STATE.
TRUMP WON 46 OF THEM. CLINTON WON 16.
CLINTON WON THE POPULAR VOTE BY APPROX. 1.5 MILLION VOTES.
IN THE 5 COUNTIES THAT ENCOMPASS NYC (BRONX, BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, RICHMOND & QUEENS) CLINTON RECEIVED WELL OVER 2 MILLION MORE VOTES THAN TRUMP.
IN OTHER WORDS, THESE FIVE (5) COUNTIES ALONE, MORE THAN ACCOUNTED FOR CLINTON WINNING THE POPULAR VOTE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY !!!
THESE 5 COUNTIES COMPRISE 319 SQUARE MILES. THE UNITED STATES IS COMPRISED OF 3,797,000 SQUARE MILES.
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 CITIES (NYC, CHICAGO, LA, ETC.) DO NOT AND SHOULD NOT SPEAK FOR THE REST OF OUR COUNTRY...AND SOMEHOW THE GENIUSES WHO FOUNDED OUR COUNTRY UNDERSTOOD THIS AND CREATED A SYSTEM TO AVOID THAT CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND NOW YOU UNDERSTAND THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
LARGE, DENSELY POPULATED CITIES (NYC, CHICAGO, LA, ETC.) DO NOT AND SHOULD NOT SPEAK FOR THE REST OF OUR COUNTRY...
THERE ARE 3,141 COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
TRUMP WON 3,084 OF THEM. CLINTON WON 57.
Without the Electoral College, the rest of the country has no reason to remain in the Union.
Hillary Clinton won almost 500 counties, not 57.
“TRUMP WON 3,084 OF THEM. CLINTON WON 57.”
You may want to check your numbers.
Shhhh....don’t let the fake media know about this.
They can’t stand FACTS.
Don't include Richmond County (Staten Island) in this sentence. Staten Island is nothing like the rest of NYC. It voted to secede from NYC in 1996, but was blocked by the Assembly Speaker who represented part of Manhattan (the core of the City).
In 2016, Staten Island voted overwhelmingly for Trump. The rest of the City went overwhelmingly for Clinton.
What a story! This is why the US has remained free of a dictator!!
Whoever thought of this Electoral College scheme was a genius.
What is surprising is politicians in some of those small-population states advocating popular vote rather than Electoral vote for presidential candidates.
They don’t seem to realize that in a popular-vote system they would never see a presidential candidate visit their state. As is, several of those small-population states become very important in close elections. One of two of them can determine the presidency.
In a popular-vote system, the election would be determined by NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and a dozen more big cities. [Of course, where do most of the Libs live?]
The EC has been described as giving dirt a vote. LOL
They would not have gotten agreement from the smaller states without a provision for an electoral college system.
Somebody sent you an email and it’s NEWS?
Tell them to calm down and figure out how caps-lock works.
You calm down too.
Per this article, Clinton won 487 counties and Trump won 2,626 counties.
NEW YORK - A trending story that claims Hillary Clinton won a total of 57 counties in the presidential election is untrue. The Associated Press finds that Clinton won 487 counties nationwide, compared with 2,626 for President-elect Donald Trump.
NEW YORK — A trending story that claims Hillary Clinton won a total of 57 counties in the presidential election is untrue.
The Associated Press finds that Clinton won 487 counties nationwide, compared with 2,626 for President-elect Donald Trump.
The story appeared on several viral content sites that cater to some of Trump’s supporters.
It also falsely claimed that Clinton outpaced Trump by more than 2 million votes in the five counties that comprise New York City, which the story said accounted for the entirety of her lead in the national popular vote. An AP count finds that Clinton beat Trump by roughly 1.5 million votes in New York City. Nationwide, Clinton holds a popular vote lead of more than 2 million.
The AP considers parishes in Louisiana as counties in election tallies. Washington, D.C., and Alaska have a single statewide reporting unit. Virginia’s count includes 95 counties and 38 independent cities.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2016/12/06/1206-clinton-won-487-counties.html
This was posted many times after the election. The following is false
Counties won
TRUMP WON 3,084 OF THEM. CLINTON WON 57....
Correct total is:
2,623 Trump
489 Clinton
Absolutely, and unequivocally. I was born and grew up in one of the largest urban areas in the nation, and now one of the most dangerous. I've since experienced life in a variety of settings, mega-urban, smaller urban, suburban, and semi-rural. All people in all these settings have a right to equal representation and equal respect. Even though the inhabitants of cities often consider themselves more sophisticated and ‘tolerant’ than their fellow citizens elsewhere, in reality they are more often the product of perpetuated group think, and too often disregard the reality of the world outside of their urban confines. They are certainly not ‘more wise’. It would be a grave mistake to let urban areas dictate the course of the nation.
Those would be George and the gang at the Constitutional Convention.
It seems to have been lifted, warts and all,
from -—
http://debatez.com/forum/discussion/11135/why-is-the-electoral-college-so-important
Map shows why letting Mexico have Soutern California would be a good idea as it would mean the New California would be a red state.
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