11-09-2016, 11:15 PM
(11-09-2016, 11:14 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Of course there is "skew". It is skewed in a way that states with a larger population get more Electoral votes. It allows for the individual to have a voice in his or her state and allows that state to have a say in its Nation.
Look at this map and consider popular vote:
Do you think the popular vote would speak for the wants of a Nation?
![[Image: live_map_president.png?1478744003633]](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/incls/ap_results/2016_general/live_map_president.png?1478744003633)
So what about the fact it is more skewed for those states using the EC method than popular?
And yes, because the nation would have spoken as a whole. The role of the POTUS is not to focus on local needs like that of the MCs and state officials.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
