The Clinton Archipelago

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Originally posted by: pjstroh
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Originally posted by: DonDiego


* The Founding Fathers were looking at a Republic comprising 13 States. The Electoral College was devised intentionally to reduce the possibility of one or a few large States (e.g.Virginia) dominating the small States (e.g. Rhode Island) were it a pure democratic election.
In 2016 it worked precisely as designed..


Yeah - and slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person (without actually letting them vote) so as to give the South more sway in the elections. See! They believed in affirmative action voting then too ! I'm happy to challenge the notion that an idea is relevant today by virtue of it being implemented by the "Founding Fathers".

Dividing up electoral votes by state boundaries is nonsensical in the modern world. I dont know that a voter in Kansas City, KS holds different federal priorities from one in Kansas City, MO based on what side of the river they are on - and yet thats how their vote is grouped.

Likewise there are farmers in Massachusetts...and City folk in Indiana... and atheists in Tennessee....and Evangelicals in Hollywood. These people are all disenfranchised by a larger group they share a state border with. Wouldn't it be nice if these people actually figured into our election?



based on what side of the river they are on?


Geography scholar?
Winning the popular vote in a Presidential election has the same significance as having the most total yards in a football game. It's a nice statistic, but has nothing to do with how we keep score.
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Originally posted by: OddsWrkin
Winning the popular vote in a Presidential election has the same significance as having the most total yards in a football game. It's a nice statistic, but has nothing to do with how we keep score.


And that is a truly sad fact.

In 2 of the last 7 Presidential elections Republicans have made it clear their message does not resonate with a majority of our nations' people....only a majority of our nation's land mass.

a "nation of, by, and for the people" ......the key word their being people (not states).
The Republicans have control of both legislative branches & the governorship in 24 states, the democrats control 6 . The Republicans have control of 68 of 98 states legislatures & 33 governorships. They also have majorities in the Senate & the House.

Under obama the democrats have seen the greatest loss of legislators in American history. The people have spoken

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Originally posted by: hoops2
The Republicans have control of both legislative branches & the governorship in 24 states, the democrats control 6 . The Republicans have control of 68 of 98 states legislatures & 33 governorships. They also have majorities in the Senate & the House.

Under obama the democrats have seen the greatest loss of legislators in American history. The people have spoken



I'd imagine the population of those six states exceeds that of the twenty four, so what people have spoken?
Geez, must be that Bill Clinton's message never resonated either. He never even got 50% of the popular vote in either election. 43% in 1992. But I'm sure that was OK with our liberal friends.
Did he win the popular vote?
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Originally posted by: DonDiego
DonDiego thanks egoshin for the link.




That map looks like the good old USofA was the victim of a drive by shooting.
I was responding to PJ's comment: "made it clear their message does not resonate with a majority of our nations' people....only a majority of our nation's land mass".

When I was in school a "majority" was over 50%.
For PJ and others on the left.....

Just so I understand......this weekend let's suppose that the Indianapolis Colts kick a field goal and score 3 points......and they shutout the Raiders. BUT the Raiders have more rushing yards, more passing yards, more sacks and first downs......then the Raiders really win the game? I think it may be a while before the NFL passes that legislation. And it will be just as long before the lowly Democrat party gets the constitutional amendment that THEY might like.....at least until an outcome went the wrong way for them.

I have crying towels, pets and coloring books for all you lefties whenever you are ready. Have you guys figured out yet that you whined about Republicans not supporting the current leftist President, and now you are doing exactly what you accused the right of doing (not that they were, you were just accusing them!).

I am truly looking forward to hearing from all the snowflakes on this board for the next four years! Has anyone seen or heard from Forkush lately? I really miss him and his guarantees.

It's the most wonderful time in 8 years!
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