Civics lesson..
The founders of this country were much smarter than and more responsible than our current Congressional representatives.
Only "319 Square Miles" mind you.
Fantastic explanation!!!!
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 as to why this would be a very bad idea.
A 39 second read you will want to share with others:
In their infinite wisdom, the United States' Founders created the Electoral College to ensure each STATE be 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.
Please share this. It needs to be widely known and understood!
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 New York City, (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond (or Staten Island) and Queens). Clinton received well over 2 million more votes than Trump (Clinton only won 4 of these counties while 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 only 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 Democratic cities (New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, 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 (instigate or stir up an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).
The founders of this country were much smarter than and more responsible than our current Congressional representatives.
Only "319 Square Miles" mind you.
Fantastic explanation!!!!
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 as to why this would be a very bad idea.
A 39 second read you will want to share with others:
In their infinite wisdom, the United States' Founders created the Electoral College to ensure each STATE be 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.
Please share this. It needs to be widely known and understood!
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 New York City, (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond (or Staten Island) and Queens). Clinton received well over 2 million more votes than Trump (Clinton only won 4 of these counties while 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 only 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 Democratic cities (New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, 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 (instigate or stir up an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).
