Minority rule

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(10-26-2020, 11:09 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Only because California felt REAAAAAAAALLLY strongly about voting D.

Clinton popular vote victory: 2.9m votes
Clinton California vote victory: 4.3m votes

Meaning the popular vote in the other non-CA 49 states was Trump: 1.4m

That is exactly why we have the EC. We're 50 States, not just one mass of people.

I guess I never quite got why an uneven distribution of people should affect things so much. I've lived in different states in my life and never felt like my sway over the election should grow or shrink depending on where I was.  I will say neo-cons are lucky California wasn't divided into about 15 different states when the borders were drawn up.

Hell, from Eisenhower to Bush #1 CA went republican 9 out of 10 times. Methinks the right wing just needs to up their campaign game.

At any rate, I can grasp the idea of the EC but I'd have an easier time just rolling with it if we hadn't reached a point where the will of Florida has so much sway over the entire country.