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re: What is the argument for the electoral college instead of a popular vote?
Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:42 am to FooManChoo
Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:42 am to FooManChoo
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You can win the EC count without winning popular vote. It's meant to give a voice to all states instead of just the few with the highest population centers.
this is your winner
would you want California & New York basically deciding every election?
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Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:46 am to rt3
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this is your winner
would you want California & New York basically deciding every election?
Only 4 times has the popular vote not won the Election FWIW, and only once in modernity.
Posted on 11/8/16 at 11:12 am to rt3
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would you want California & New York basically deciding every election?
NY metro is 18 million
LA county is 10 million
SF Bay is 6 million
Chicago is 5 million.
you start with that, you likely win.
Plus currently Dems are strong in the megalopolis from Arlington VA to Boston Mass.
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