In their infinite wisdom, the
founders of our country created a structure called the "Electoral
College" as a control system and to ensure the individual states were
fairly represented. Otherwise one or two densely populated areas would speak
for the whole of the nation. It was not created as a device to favor Democrats,
Republicans, Whigs, Tories or any other political affiliation. It was created
as a system of "checks and balances" to guard against any small vocal
area, with a specific agenda, speaking for the whole of the nation
The following list of statistics
should put an end to the argument as to why the Electoral College makes sense.
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.
In other words, these Five (5)
counties alone, more than accounted for Clinton winning the popular vote for
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 cities
(NYC, Chicago, LA, etc.) do not and should not speak for the rest of our
country...and somehow the geniuses who founded our country understood this and
created a system to avoid that circumstance.
And now you
understand the supreme importance of the Electoral College.
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