Posted on 03/21/2019 8:25:34 AM PDT by Rummyfan
The United States isnt a democracy. Though every American should have learned this fact in high school civics class, the smart-set still like to ridicule people who point it outsuch a cliché, and all.
Today, we see why the Left worked to convince Americans that majoritarianism was a profound moral good. And its not just that America is going through another silly debate about the suddenly inconvenient Electoral College; its that Democrats are increasingly comfortable attacking foundational ideas of American governance.
Most of the founders believed that a diffused democracy weakened the ability of politicians to scaremonger and rely on emotional appeals to take power. Most of them believed that proportional voting blunted the vagaries of the electorate and helped ensure national stability. Contemporary Democrats agree, which is why they want to scrap the system. So much for protecting norms.
Now that they believe they have the numbers, Democrats prefer a system where politicians who promise the most free stuff to the largest number of people win. Since they cant admit it, we have to wrestle with preposterous arguments in favor of overturning the Electoral College. The most absurd is the notion that in a direct democracy every vote counts.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
Of course they do..If that happened their dead and illegals votes would put them in charge..No Electoral College and the illegals and dead will win the election..
House | Subtotal | Senate | Electoral Subtotal | |
California | 53 | 53 | 2 | 55 |
Texas | 36 | 89 | 4 | 93 |
Florida | 27 | 116 | 6 | 122 |
New York | 27 | 143 | 8 | 151 |
Pennsylvania | 18 | 161 | 10 | 171 |
Illinois | 18 | 179 | 12 | 191 |
Ohio | 16 | 195 | 14 | 209 |
Georgia | 14 | 209 | 16 | 225 |
North Carolina | 13 | 222 | 18 | 240 |
Michigan | 14 | 236 | 20 | 256 |
New Jersey | 12 | 248 | 22 | 270 |
Virginia | 11 | 259 | 24 | 283 |
Washington | 10 | 269 | 26 | 295 |
Arizona | 9 | 278 | 28 | 306 |
Massachusetts | 9 | 287 | 30 | 317 |
Tennessee | 9 | 296 | 32 | 328 |
Indiana | 9 | 305 | 34 | 339 |
Missouri | 8 | 313 | 36 | 349 |
Maryland | 8 | 321 | 38 | 359 |
Wisconsin | 8 | 329 | 40 | 369 |
Colorado | 7 | 336 | 42 | 378 |
Minnesota | 8 | 344 | 44 | 388 |
South Carolina | 7 | 351 | 46 | 397 |
Alabama | 7 | 358 | 48 | 406 |
Louisiana | 6 | 364 | 50 | 414 |
Kentucky | 6 | 370 | 52 | 422 |
Oregon | 5 | 375 | 54 | 429 |
Oklahoma | 5 | 380 | 56 | 436 |
Connecticut | 5 | 385 | 58 | 443 |
Iowa | 4 | 389 | 60 | 449 |
Utah | 4 | 393 | 62 | 455 |
Arkansas | 4 | 397 | 64 | 461 |
Nevada | 4 | 401 | 66 | 467 |
Mississippi | 4 | 405 | 68 | 473 |
Kansas | 4 | 409 | 70 | 479 |
New Mexico | 3 | 412 | 72 | 484 |
Nebraska | 3 | 415 | 74 | 489 |
West Virginia | 3 | 418 | 76 | 494 |
Idaho | 2 | 420 | 78 | 498 |
Hawaii | 2 | 422 | 80 | 502 |
New Hampshire | 2 | 424 | 82 | 506 |
Maine | 2 | 426 | 84 | 510 |
Rhode Island | 2 | 428 | 86 | 514 |
Montana | 1 | 429 | 88 | 517 |
Delaware | 1 | 430 | 90 | 520 |
South Dakota | 1 | 431 | 92 | 523 |
North Dakota | 1 | 432 | 94 | 526 |
Alaska | 1 | 433 | 96 | 529 |
Vermont | 1 | 434 | 98 | 532 |
Wyoming | 1 | 435 | 100 | 535 |
District of Columbia (has no vote in the House or Senate) | 1 | 436 | 102 | 538 |
Puerto Rico (has no vote in the House, Senate, or EC) | 1 |
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