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The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« on: March 01, 2019, 03:56:44 pm »
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The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
Jamelle Bouie February 28, 2019

It’s still well under the radar, but the movement to circumvent the Electoral College gained ground this week. On Sunday, Jared Polis, the governor of Colorado, said he would sign a bill to join the National Popular Vote interstate compact, whose members have pledged to give their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. The Maine Legislature, likewise, is mulling membership and will hold hearings to discuss the issue.

Attacking those lawmakers, Paul LePage, the former governor of Maine — who still calls into conservative radio shows from his retirement home in Florida — dismissed the proposal as an attack on the political rights of white people. “Actually what would happen if they do what they say they’re going to do is white people will not have anything to say,” he said. “It’s only going to be the minorities that would elect. It would be California, Texas, Florida.”

That is racist nonsense. But it’s useful to think about, in a way, because beneath LePage’s objection is an unintentionally keen observation about the electoral status quo. If direct election of the president would give equal weight to all votes, then the Electoral College works to give outsize weight to a narrow group of voters in a handful of states. That bias is why Donald Trump is president. A healthy plurality chose his opponent, but his supporters dominated key “swing” states.

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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2019, 04:24:43 pm »
They're serious about this.
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2019, 06:45:25 pm »
The author does nothing but write racist hit pieces and has a fellow colleague at Root magazine named Michael Steele.

Throw anything he says into the trash.
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2019, 06:48:06 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on March 01, 2019, 06:45:25 pm
The author does nothing but write racist hit pieces and has a fellow colleague at Root magazine named Michael Steele.

Throw anything he says into the trash.

Again - THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.  The writer is almost certainly a hack, but that doesn't lessen the danger.
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2019, 06:48:25 pm »
The movement to abolish the Electoral College is one of the greatest threats to our Republic.
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2019, 10:22:35 pm »
Quote from: Ghost Bear on March 01, 2019, 06:48:25 pm
The movement to abolish the Electoral College is one of the greatest threats to our Republic.




It absolutely is.
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2019, 01:45:37 am »
Not-so-fearless prediction:

If the leftist/democrat-communists succeed in getting the requisite number of states to adopt "National Popular Vote", and if such is upheld by the Supreme Court, it will be "the fuse" that sets off another "War Between the States".

And it won't be a "cold one" (as is going on right now).
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2019, 04:37:55 am »
The Electoral College is part of the bedrock of our REPUBLIC!   Democracy!  :nono:
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2019, 04:52:40 am »
Quote from: Bigun on March 02, 2019, 04:37:55 am
The Electoral College is part of the bedrock of our REPUBLIC!   Democracy!  :nono:

Yep! I just wish they would rescind the 17th Amendment.
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2019, 07:39:19 am »
Quote from: Ghost Bear on March 01, 2019, 06:48:25 pm
The movement to abolish the Electoral College is one of the greatest threats to our Republic.
Right, but our Republic is the greatest threat to their Democracy.
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2019, 03:00:01 pm »
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. (Clinton only won 4 of these counties; 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 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 Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, 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.
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2019, 03:47:17 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on March 02, 2019, 04:37:55 am
The Electoral College is part of the bedrock of our REPUBLIC!   Democracy!  :nono:

Right, I was about to post something similar.
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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2019, 03:50:37 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 02, 2019, 07:39:19 am
Right, but our Republic is the greatest threat to their Democracy.

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Re: The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2019, 05:05:26 pm »
The Electoral College Is the Greatest Threat to Our Democracy

They spelled Democrat party wrong.
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