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Re: How the Electoral College favors Democrats and why Republicans must change it 

By: micro in POPE IV | Recommend this post (2)
Mon, 14 Nov 16 9:29 PM | 61 view(s)
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good point De!

I lectured my inlaw after the election as she was saying that she thought the electoral college should be abolished because her candidate won the popular vote.

She thought it just wasn't fair. She then stated that this is a democracy.

I schooled this 70 year old air head for about three minutes.
1. It is not a democracy. It is a REPUBLIC.
2. We have an electoral college system in place to keep a few overly populated liberal playgrounds from stomping on the vast majority of America in terms of states, because otherwise, a few states could decide every election if not for the electoral college.

I also pointed out that ALL of the VOTES have NOT been counted. Absentee ballots run over 60 percent Republican and vast majority have not been counted, which means if they were, CLinton would not win the popular vote. That is a media falsehood being perpetrated upon people who do not know any better.

Anyway, I enjoyed your analysis!


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Re: How the Electoral College favors Democrats and why Republicans must change it
By: Decomposed in POPE IV
Mon, 14 Nov 16 8:55 PM 		Msg. 14312 of 47202

If the article I posted wasn't sufficiently succinct, let me summarize it this way:

The Electoral College gives Democrats 242 "freebie" votes, while it gives Republicans 170 "freebies." That gives Democrats a 42 percent advantage in any Presidential election.

But (according to Gallup's 2014 survey), 43% of Americans identify as Democrats and 39% as Republicans. Democrats only have a 10 percent population advantage.

So the 10 percent advantage the Democrats enjoy translates into a 42 percent Electoral College advantage.

To oblige the crybaby Democrats, should we abolish the College? YOU BET!!! Where do we sign up for that????  

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