Sandy Shanks
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At the time the Electoral College was created we still had not licked the Indian problem yet; we would fight the pesky British again 25 years later in the War of 1812; and only a few schools were scattered around the Original Thirteen States. Today there is a school in nearly every urban and suburban neighborhood and multiple colleges in nearly every city. Most Americans in 1787 were farmers who could care less about the ABC's. Their main concern was putting food on the table, which is not much of a concern for Americans today.
The Electoral College was created during a long dead time, totally unrelated to conditions today. It was created by the Framers who did not trust uneducated rabble to select the President. They envisioned electors who supposedly knew what they were doing. The result, in 2016, our worst fears were realized when Donald J. Trump was elected.
Allow me to explain. First, there is this interesting statistic. Trump's job approval rating among non-college educated whites is 67%. https://news.gallup.com/poll/205832/race-education-gender-key-factors-trump-job-approval.
Non-college educated whites literally chose our President in 2016. Part of the reason is that approximately 100 million voters either stayed home or wasted their vote in protest. Approximately 63 million Americans voted for Trump, and he lost the popular vote by three million.
Second, essentially, the electors are chosen by the popular vote in each state.
California has a population of 40 million and has 55 electoral votes. Montana has a population of 1.06 million and has three electoral votes. When one does the math it means the non-college educated farmer in Montana has 2.17 votes in the Electoral College for every vote a teacher, lawyer, scientist, and doctor has in California.
In varying degrees, the same is true in the rural areas of Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, and North and South Carolina. In addition, it appears that Trump has attracted the support of anarchists, bigots, and angry citizens.
And so we have a President who today is about to be impeached because he asked for foreign intervention in our election and used bribery as an incentive.
We have a President whose foreign policy is a threat to our national security.
And we have a President who recently verbally attacked a 16-year old girl with autism who is concerned about climate change, indicating the state of mind of said President..
Put a different way, the Electoral College realized our worst fear in a Presidential election that would have been prevented by the popular vote.
It was the only mistake the Framers made.
The Electoral College was created during a long dead time, totally unrelated to conditions today. It was created by the Framers who did not trust uneducated rabble to select the President. They envisioned electors who supposedly knew what they were doing. The result, in 2016, our worst fears were realized when Donald J. Trump was elected.
Allow me to explain. First, there is this interesting statistic. Trump's job approval rating among non-college educated whites is 67%. https://news.gallup.com/poll/205832/race-education-gender-key-factors-trump-job-approval.
Non-college educated whites literally chose our President in 2016. Part of the reason is that approximately 100 million voters either stayed home or wasted their vote in protest. Approximately 63 million Americans voted for Trump, and he lost the popular vote by three million.
Second, essentially, the electors are chosen by the popular vote in each state.
California has a population of 40 million and has 55 electoral votes. Montana has a population of 1.06 million and has three electoral votes. When one does the math it means the non-college educated farmer in Montana has 2.17 votes in the Electoral College for every vote a teacher, lawyer, scientist, and doctor has in California.
In varying degrees, the same is true in the rural areas of Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, and North and South Carolina. In addition, it appears that Trump has attracted the support of anarchists, bigots, and angry citizens.
And so we have a President who today is about to be impeached because he asked for foreign intervention in our election and used bribery as an incentive.
We have a President whose foreign policy is a threat to our national security.
And we have a President who recently verbally attacked a 16-year old girl with autism who is concerned about climate change, indicating the state of mind of said President..
Put a different way, the Electoral College realized our worst fear in a Presidential election that would have been prevented by the popular vote.
It was the only mistake the Framers made.