Before we discuss the relevance of the Electoral College,
let us do some analysis of the election results.
If we take look at the voting results of 49 states, not
including California, we find that Donald Trump had an edge of 306 electoral
votes to Hillary Clinton’s 177 electoral votes. Mr. Trump won with 63% of the electoral
votes and in addition he had a 1.4 million edge in the popular vote.
If we include California, we find that Donald Trump still has
a commanding edge of 306 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton’s 232 electoral
votes. Mr. Trump wins with 57% of the
electoral votes but he loses the popular vote by a margin of 2.9 million votes.
If the election was determined by popular vote, a few
coastal cities in California would have overturned the decision made by 98% of
the nation.
The truth is that if the popular vote was used, every
election would be decided by a relatively few cities. Most of them located on the east and west
coasts.
In spite of how they are maligned by our schools, the
Founding Fathers were a brilliant group of men.
When they were writing the Constitution, a strongly argued issue was
States Rights. The states with big
populations wanted the number of legislators to be determined by population. Small sates wanted an equal voice for all
states.
The result was our two body congress in which each state
would appoint two members to the Senate, and the House of Representatives which
gives each state a number of members which is based on their population. (NOTE:
After the Civil War, Senators were changed to elected rather than
appointed)
At the time the Constitution was written, about 90% of the
nation by area was rural while the majority the population lived in large towns
and cities. At that time the President
and Vice President (they were elected separately) would have been elected by
just three or four cities. As the 'by
county 2016 election map', shown below, indicates, the same is still today.
RED indicates counties carried by the GOP--BLUE indicates counties carried by the DEM
There is little doubt that if elections were determined by
New York City, Chicago, and California, we would have uncontrolled borders, only
criminals would own firearms, the Constitution would be in shreds and we would
be living under communism.
If that is the United States that you want, than by all
means do away with the Electoral College.
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4 comments:
Puts it all in perspective doesn't it!
Also shows the importance of having judges that believe in our Constitution!
Thank God for the wisdom of creating the Electoral College.
BERNIETROOPER said "EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS WHATEVER WE NEED IT TO MEAN AT THE CURRENT TIME."
Unfortunately, the Liberals actually believe that CRAP! And they love judges that think that way, thus making them (Liberals) the greatest threat to America!
The founding fathers attempted to shield us from the major weakness of a true democracy and created the form of government known as a Representative Democracy.
The Electoral College is a part of that.
It was also designed to keep the people from destroying the nation by voting themselves massive amounts of welfare.
Liberals have created massive welfare programs, not to benefit the people, but in a long term effort to bring America the democracy to an end.
It was the Electoral College that won the election of 1860 for Abraham Lincoln.
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