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The value of the electoral college
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 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 that encompass a mere 319 square miles should dictate the outcome of a national election. A few large, densely populated Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc) should not speak for the whole of our country. ***No, I did not check each and every number.*** |
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The value of the electoral college
On 12/3/2016 9:30 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
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 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 that encompass a mere 319 square miles should dictate the outcome of a national election. A few large, densely populated Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc) should not speak for the whole of our country. ***No, I did not check each and every number.*** The Telegraph has a pretty good breakdown. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...dominance-acr/ Mikek |
The value of the electoral college
On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 07:58:35 -0600, amdx wrote:
On 12/3/2016 9:30 AM, Poco Loco wrote: 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 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 that encompass a mere 319 square miles should dictate the outcome of a national election. A few large, densely populated Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc) should not speak for the whole of our country. ***No, I did not check each and every number.*** The Telegraph has a pretty good breakdown. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...dominance-acr/ Mikek Looking at the "half the population" map, it seems people would be happy giving the residents of nine states absolutely no say in how they are governed. This is just another demonstration of the flaws in a pure democracy. It is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what to eat for dinner. |
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