The Founding Fathers knew
why our constitution needed the Electoral College since at the time there were
13 states and the presidential election would be controlled by only 4
states. Seems somethings have not
changed since then, except we have California, Illinois in addition to NY and
Phila. The Founders knew the most
populated states would control the election of the president for years and that
applies to today also.
In their infinite wisdom, the United States' Founders created the Electoral College to ensure the STATES were fairly represented. Why should one or two densely populated areas speak for the whole of the nation?
The following list of
statistics has been making the rounds on the Internet. It should finally put an
end to the argument as to why the Electoral College makes sense.
Do share this. It needs to be
widely known and understood.
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 only 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 who inhabit a mere 319 square miles
should dictate the outcome of a national election.
Large, densely populated
Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc.) DO NOT and SHOULD NOT speak for the
rest of our country!
And...it's been verified and
documented that those aforementioned 319 square miles are where the majority of
our nation's problems foment.
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