How America’s electoral college favours white voters

The Economist ^ | Aug 13. 2020

[11th_VA]

A ballot cast in New Hampshire is 100,000 times likelier to tip the result than one in Washington, DC

(Interesting graphic at the link)

[11th_VA]

Why is it always about race ...

[KC_Lion]

I knew it!

I knew they would play the race card to degrade the electoral college.

[Still Thinking]

Because they’re stupid. I absolutely guarantee you the author has no problem with racial discrepancies, like basketball talent, that favor POCs. But if he finds anything that favors whites, or in this case actually rural people, it’s automatically assumed that it’s a problem.

[ARW]

Before I read it...is it a joke or are they serious?

[Rurudyne]

One trick pony, one trick is all that horse can do.

[hillarys cankles]

Electoral college?

RACIST!!

The Filibuster?

RACIST!!

[jersey117]

That’s why Trump won in 2016. People were sick of identity politics and being called racists and political correctness. In November the rats will see just his sick of it we are.

[Secret Agent Man]

So people cant now live where they want?

And now small states wont have anyvoice in any national elections?

These putzes are the same one that demand herding everyone into urban jail farms for eco and societal benefits.

Friging morons all

[aMorePerfectUnion]

The states elect a potus as President of the United States.

States are neither black nor white.

[gloriabeth]

Very evil premise...,

[Gay State Conservative]

The Economist,a British publication,simply can't accept that our Constitution was drafted by men who had escaped the tyranny of a British king and were determined that we,the United States of America,would never allow that tyranny to exist here.

[SteveH]

whenever i read something stupid, written by stupid people, ... somehow the economist comes to mind.

stupid articles for stupid people written by other stupid people.

[Paladin2]

VT, RI, DE are tiny States totally driving the EC the wrong way.

[llevrok]

When the Founders came up with the college, they thought of citizens, not racial sub categories.

[Skywise]

BS!

From the economist of all rags.

This is a full out war on who we are and what we stand for.

The leftists AND DEMOCRATS was nothing but evil and racism and divisive strife. They don’t want unity nor do they want fairness.

They just want power and destruction.

[KarlInOhio]

DC voters can change that by voting for Trump. Do it! Make yourselves important.

[cowboyusa]

Cause PT is going to wi the ec whilnoosing by 4 nationaly.

[Caipirabob]

I am totally sickened by the horrific racism in implying other ethnic groups are somehow less capable than my own. I am in what the left defined and outlawed under Jim Crow laws as a mixed marriage and we have adult children now. They are engaged in their careers and will vote in person this November. The left would have you believe their accomplishments, such as Eagle Scout, multiple scholarships, athletic achievements, meaningful college degrees and zero debt with money in the bank on graduation was just given to them, rather than being years of hard work towards specific objectives.

My kids are moreno, olive skin and the longer in the sun the darker they get. Something my Scandinavian butt can’t do.

The left would have you believe they needed their help instead of devoted parents.

The left can go burn...

[Texan5]

Aye, por favor-esta mierda otra vez? Their race card has expired-they need to just STFU...

[hanamizu]

Thing that gets me, is that many in Britain seem so confused by the Electoral College system. The people of Britain don’t choose the Prime Minister. His/her name doesn’t appear on the ballot except in the constituency that he is running.

The PM is elected by the majority of Parliament—nearly always the party that won a majority of seats. Doesn’t matter if a member won by 5 votes or 5000. There is absolutely no requirement or suggestion that the majority party in Parliament won the most votes, only the most constituencies.