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House Dems move to eliminate Electoral College, limit presidential pardon power

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01-12-2019, 04:08 PM

(01-12-2019, 01:56 PM)mikesez Wrote:
(01-12-2019, 11:57 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Those are pretty lousy reasons for ceding control of the country to New York, Illinois,and California.

Yeah they would be lousy reasons for that.
but a national popular vote would in no way cede control to any set of States in particular.
Take the three you mentioned.
Add up their total populations and divide the result by the population of the whole country.
think about the fact that you would need a majority to win the presidency, how close is the fraction you just computed to 51%?

Those populations of those three states represent 45% of the total vote in 2016. That you really, honestly believe a national popular vote would benefit small states and individuals shows just how disingenuous your so called "conservative" beliefs really are.
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