Re: Why the electoral college is manifestly and obviously wrong and unjust
Mitchell Holman <[email protected]>
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Ted <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]: > On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:57:41 -0400, Attila <[email protected]> wrote: > >>On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:47:34 -0400, Ted >><[email protected]> in alt.atheism with message-id >><[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:12:10 -0700, Rudy Canoza >>><[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>On 8/9/2026 7:07 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote: >>>>> Skeeter <[email protected]> wrote in >>>>> news:[email protected]: >>>>> >>>>>> There are 15 low population red shithole states with a combined >>>>>> population of a little over 39 million, roughly matching >>>>>> California's 39 million. They are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, >>>>>> Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, >>>>>> Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, and >>>>>> Wyoming. These states have 48 representatives to the House, and >>>>>> 30 senators, giving them 78 total electoral votes. California has >>>>>> 54 electoral votes, for its 52 representatives and two senators. >>>>>> >>>>>> Why should the voters in these 15 red shithole states have more >>>>>> say not just more say, but almost 50% more in electing the >>>>>> president than the equal number of voters in California? In what >>>>>> possible universe is that a just outcome? It is not a just >>>>>> outcome in ANY universe at all. >>>>>> >>>>>> In fact, if we elected the president on a popular vote, those 15 >>>>>> red shithole states would still provide more votes for the >>>>>> Republiscum/QAnon candidate than California does for the >>>>>> Democratic (not "Democrat") candidate. Harris won California with >>>>>> about 58.5% of the vote. Trump won the majority of those 15 red >>>>>> shithole states with more than 60%; more than 70% in Wyoming and >>>>>> West Virginia. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Actually I agree with Trump, >>>>> the EC is a vestige of slavery >>>>> and needs to be abolished. >>>> >>>>Of course it's a vestige of slavery. Paul Finkelman showed that >>>>conclusively. "The Proslavery Origins of the Electoral College" >>>>https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2804&context= >>>>clr >>>> >>> >>> >>>Exactly. >> >>It insures the country is not run by the population centers. > Instead it is run by billionaires and the lobbyists they pay. When was the public allowed to vote on a Trump International Airport or Alligator Alcatraz or the Golden Ballroom?