2016-11-10, 04:53 PM
Herbert Jablonski Wrote:If the popular vote was the sole decider in each election then population dense cities would be the only part of the entire country that would have any true representation. California, New York, and a few others would be among the few states that would get representation. With the electoral college in place every state gets some guaranteed representation. Trump managed to get parts of the Rust Belt that haven't voted Red in close to thirty years and the swing they gave helped decide this election.
To take the argument a step further, if the popular vote meant anything the Republicans in the huge blue states would actually vote. Republicans in California have an abysmally low turnout rate because they know the popular vote does not matter and that their vote means essentially absolutely nothing. In this particular election the argument does NOT sway the other way because EVEN TEXAS, the BIGGEST red state by a large margin, was touted as a battleground state by the fucking retarded media, every last liberal in that state that was going to vote voted because they bought into that.