Re: Why the electoral college is manifestly and obviously wrong and unjust
Jay Santos <[email protected]>
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On 8/11/2026 7:01 PM, Skeeter-Shit "Lamey" Jack-Off Shit-4-Braincell, convicted child molester and another fucking do-nothing, posted another content-free batch of lies: > 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. Those are all things to which all right-thinking Americans object, reasonably.