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

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.