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the Presidential election is not really a "national" election but 50 individual state elections that the state delegates votes are totaled up
that's the way it was designed as to give all states regardless of population equal rights
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the Presidential election is not really a "national" election but 50 individual state elections that the state delegates votes are totaled up
that's the way it was designed as to give all states regardless of population equal rights
Which is as it should be - 50 independent entities. I don't think that Founding Fathers could ever have imagined the extent to which the Federal compact would be violated, which has led us to an overbearing out of control central authority in the main that is actually controlled by unelected bureaucrats. The modern elected legislator has conceded their constitutional authority to others.
As for Virginia, Gov. Northam is planning to reintroduce all the gun control measures that failed earlier.
Due to the out of control, illegal, over bearing Federal Government, people forget we are a collection of STATES first and foremost, not a collective like the former USSR. The States elect the President, NOT PEOPLE. However, the EC gives more votes to states with larger population.
I am not stirring up anything. I just believe that everyone’s vote, including ours should mean something. Imagine if you were in some organization that allowed someone else’s vote to count 3x for them while yours only counted once. The objective shouldnt be to squash those votes, it to try to get them to vote in ways that are closer to your values. I don’t like Gerrymandering either. Not when we do it, and especially when the Dems do it. I am an old school Republican. I believe in fair play and let the chips fall where they may. If the Dems win, its cause we aren’t doing enough to get our message out, or not enough people agreeing with the message. Cause I would bet both my testicals that if Trump had won the popular vote by 5 million, but lost the election, folks here would be going apeshit and talking about the “will of the people”. If we win, we win, we lose, we lose.......as long as the game was played fairly.
A lot of folks don't understand the Electoral College or the reason for it . I suggest they learn why we have it !!
Lazy repubs is why delco went to the dems, and that goes with all the other dem takeovers.