I just received this in an email from a friend. I have not researched the content, but it sure sounds good!
“The founders of this country were much smarter than and more
responsible than our current Congressional representatives.
Last week the newly convened Democratic controlled House of
Representatives introduced a bill to eliminate the electoral
college. It seems that, since they couldn’t win the last
presidential election under the rules that have existed for almost
250 years, they want to change the rules. Below is an excellent
explanation on why this is a very bad idea.
Subject: 319 Square Miles
In their infinite wisdom, the United States’ Founders created the
Electoral College to ensure the STATES were fairly represented.
Why should one or two densely populated areas speak for the
whole of the nation?
The following list of statistics has been making the rounds on
the Internet. It should finally 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 (or Staten Island) & 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.
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 Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA,
etc.) DO NOT and SHOULD NOT speak for the rest of our
country!
And...it’s been verified and documented that those
aforementioned 319 square miles are where the majority of our
nation’s problems foment.”