You can thank the liberal educational establishment for that. This is how they intend to move America from the greatest nation on the planet to a lawless, Fascistic third world shit hole.
Maine votes out electoral college
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You can thank the liberal educational establishment for that. This is how they intend to move America from the greatest nation on the planet to a lawless, Fascistic third world shit hole.
It’s an antiquated system that preserved the slave states. It’s time for it to go.This is not what I want for the United States Of America:
But it’s what we’d have without the EC.
Their votes are apportioned to whoever got them. In other words, Republicans now have a say in that State.
I do wish California would go this rout. It would guarantee Republicans at least 30 votes they currently get shut out with.
But there are two states that do it a bit differently so that a candidate can lose a state but still pick up some Electoral College points. One of those is Maine, which does not use the traditional “winner take all” system the rest of the nation has implemented. In 1972, the state introduced what’s known as the Congressional District method. Instead of the electors being distributed based on the popular vote of the entire state, they’re distributed based on the popular vote of the state’s individual districts. Nebraska also uses this system.
And, of course, individual electors are free (in most states) to vote for whoever they choose. In 2016 electoral votes went to Bernie Sanders (1) John Kasich (1), Ron Paul (1), Colin Powell (3), and Faith Spotted Eagle (1).
Of course I know. It is you, oh uneducated one, who is once again stumped by common terms. And as usual, your race baiting is entirely wrong. Go fuck yourself you ignorant bitch.
No, it prevents the loons in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City from imposing their will on the rest of the country.
You only support the EC because Republicans can get elected with the minority of the vote because of it
I have always hated the EC on principle, and I do not care if it benefited the Democratic Party - I would still hate it, and want it to go. There is something fundamentally wrong with candidates being awarded the office of the presidency even when they could not convince the plurality or majority of American voters that their ideas were superior.
And there is no effing way the framers of the Constitution actually intended a system where one political party was routinely losing the popular vote but still being awarded the presidency anyway.
The framers wanted no popular vote. One said letting the people choose the president would be like a blind man choosing colors.
It obviously did not work.
MSgt
A Leader of Airmen
If that racist white male becomes Gov of Virginia, it effects a lot of people.
MSgt
A Leader of Airmen
It got Lincoln elected.
MSgt
A Leader of Airmen
Yes, the Constitution has been hosing the Democratic Party in elections since John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson by colluding with Henry Clay in 1824. That's a good thing.
With less than 40% of the popular vote.
And that has been pissing off Democrats ever since. How DARE he free the slaves!
Except when the popular vote goes R
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
it does......every state gets one electoral vote for every 680,000 people........and every state gets two electoral votes......can't get any more equal than that.......
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
ironically, Maine and Nebraska used to be the only two states that divided its electoral votes based on votes each candidate received.......
They still are---based on the votes in each congressional district (not total votes).
Way before my time, that was then, this is now
Nope....and nope.