RE: History of the electoral college READ....
November 15, 2016 at 9:59 am
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2016 at 10:28 am by TaraJo.)
Pretty much all my talking points can be summed up here:
To give a cliff notes version:
1) Votes from less populated states like Wyoming or Alaska wind up counting for a lot more than votes from California or Texas. This is because of the electoral college.
2) The election has multiple times resulted in the candidate with fewer vote winning the election. That isn't exactly how a democracy works. In fact, it's possible to win an election with less than a third of the popular vote.
3) Candidates don't focus more on less populated areas because of the electoral college; they ignore all states except a few battle ground states. Seriously, over the last couple of months of the election, did you see either candidate visit any one of the three most populated states (California, Texas and New York)? They just focus on Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and a few other states that are going to be close.
To give a cliff notes version:
1) Votes from less populated states like Wyoming or Alaska wind up counting for a lot more than votes from California or Texas. This is because of the electoral college.
2) The election has multiple times resulted in the candidate with fewer vote winning the election. That isn't exactly how a democracy works. In fact, it's possible to win an election with less than a third of the popular vote.
3) Candidates don't focus more on less populated areas because of the electoral college; they ignore all states except a few battle ground states. Seriously, over the last couple of months of the election, did you see either candidate visit any one of the three most populated states (California, Texas and New York)? They just focus on Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and a few other states that are going to be close.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
