Re: Why the electoral college is manifestly and obviously wrong and unjust

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> 
> 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?
> 
Well that certainly is something to cry about.
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