Virgil Loc: The Hoosier State

Why THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SO IMPORTANT
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 recent 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.

Do share this... It needs to be understood.

joel.photography

Here? Why?

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

What it needs is to be debunked. Let’s fact check this BS (and then move it to the attic where it belongs): https://www.factcheck.org/2016/12/clinton-counties/

sawdust_128

[quote=Virgil]Why THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SO IMPORTANT
In their infinite wisdom...


And there you have it!

Virgil Loc: The Hoosier State

The numbers may not be absolutely correct but the purpose of the Electoral College is shown and that is the reason it should NOT be done away with!

bellgamin Loc: Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Ah, politics. What's not to love? (By the way, I agree. Interesting post.)

ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

lonedog Loc: DC area

or as some of the LIV's like to call it "the electrical college".

I'll never forget the Obama worshiper who was interviewed as to the budget process one year. She thought it was really good that Obama kept us from going over the "physical cliff". And they get to vote. More than once..

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Being a deep blue voter who lives in a bright red state, what the electoral college does is make my vote irrelevant. That’s the problem with the electoral college.

Stan

ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

Apparently I clicked on the wrong button --- I was attempting to be optimistic by observing that our poster who formerly lived under a rock shortly & most hopefully would be residing in our ATTIC

Joe Blow

If you want to call Hillary Clinton a "hag" and disparage all the major news outlets as irrelevant then you don't deserve the respect of a civil conversation.

BTW, Clinton got almost 3 million more votes than Trump. All legal.
https://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/25-million-clinton-votes-werent-fake/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jul/21/welcome-anthony-scaramucci-heres-some-research-ill/
https://www.texasmonthly.com/burka-blog/no-sign-trumps-millions-illegal-voter-texas/
https://www.snopes.com/25-million-fraud-votes-for-clinton/

In America, people vote. Not counties or cows.

bellgamin Loc: Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Not "all" news outlets merit disparagement. Fox, BBC, & NHK are excellent in terms of scope, currency, accuracy, lack of bias. YMMV

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Move to a deep blue state then...

FrumCA

Based on previous comments related to this topic it's pretty clear that a good number of UHH folks will not understand this.

FrumCA

Legal, yes (probably). All from densely populated cities for the most part. A few densely populated areas should not determine election outcomes. Why would you not want people who live in the counties you refer to to vote? And if you believe that cows vote well....