What will happen on SW after the election
wrote in message ... On Nov 4, 1:42 pm, dxAce wrote: But then the power would all be concentrated in the states with major population centres. You Liberal/Democrat/Marxists need to stop whining. No, just exactly the opposite. Popular vote would give every person in the USA *exactly* the same vote for president in a single national election. Whereas the electoral college OVER-REPRESENTS low-population states, because they get 3 "FREEBIE" electoral votes no matter how small the state population is. Theoretically, a state could have 1 resident with 3 electoral votes, to take the silly extreme, vs. a tiny fraction of a millionth of an electoral vote in a large state. It may come as a revelation, but a lot more people live in cities and surrounding suburbs, than live in rural areas. States with big population centers also have more voters who need represented. Devil's advocate time. I would like to see the electoral college done away with, too.. but there is some built-in regulation the Yes, even a state with a tiny population, such as Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska, has 3 votes in the electoral college. This is because every state has two senators and a minimum of one member of the House of Representatives. However, additional House members are added based directly upon population of each state. This does tend to even out the electoral votes a bit so that, in general, the electoral college is somewhat representative of the popular vote... and then there are elections like this one. These happen because the cities tend, in general, to be liberal, and vote Democrat by a small margin (usually around 60/40 or thereabouts), whereas small towns and rural areas tend to be more conservative, and vote Republican by a somewhat larger margin (closer to 80/20). Based on populations, this means the popular vote ends up more or less equal (usually no more than 5 points plus or minus). The electoral college, however, votes preferentially to elect on the basis of large population centers, so the electoral college numbers can skew quite far from the norm (as with this election). The results are generally the same, either way. Very seldom does the electoral college go a different direction from the popular vote, but it can and does happen occasionally (as with the 2000 election). |
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