04-04-2019, 01:27 PM
The electoral college was developed specifically to give the populations in EVERY state equal representation regardless of their population density.
Isn’t the number of electoral college votes mostly based on a state’s population? It’s certainly not equal representation for each state.
Also, the founding fathers weren’t particularly concerned with giving people in every state equal representation, only white male landowners could vote. No women, no blacks, no Native Americans who it might be noted were the actual landowners. The Electoral College was a safety check on voters who might elect someone the Electoral College representatives didn’t want as president.
Trying to claim Trump would have lost due to one state, California, ignores Hawaii and the 20 total states that voted for Clinton. That California explanation is certainly inventive, I’ll give you that.
“The President just said wind energy causes cancer and please young people save us from this nightmare...” - Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, 4/2/19
Isn’t the number of electoral college votes mostly based on a state’s population? It’s certainly not equal representation for each state.
Also, the founding fathers weren’t particularly concerned with giving people in every state equal representation, only white male landowners could vote. No women, no blacks, no Native Americans who it might be noted were the actual landowners. The Electoral College was a safety check on voters who might elect someone the Electoral College representatives didn’t want as president.
Trying to claim Trump would have lost due to one state, California, ignores Hawaii and the 20 total states that voted for Clinton. That California explanation is certainly inventive, I’ll give you that.
“The President just said wind energy causes cancer and please young people save us from this nightmare...” - Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, 4/2/19
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