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Goodheart

(5,264 posts)
Thu May 18, 2017, 04:06 PM May 2017

Cheeto Crybaby says that Democrats are embarrassed because the Electoral College favors us.

So why hasn't ANY reporter then asked him "if that's the case, would you support asking your Republican colleagues to help abolish the Electoral College?"



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Cheeto Crybaby says that Democrats are embarrassed because the Electoral College favors us. (Original Post) Goodheart May 2017 OP
All but one presidents who won Electoral and lost Popular were Republicans. JaneQPublic May 2017 #1
It really bugs me that some wingnut's vote in Wyoming counts for so much Goodheart May 2017 #2
I'm originally from Wyoming, but could not agree OldHippieChick May 2017 #3
The electoral vote to registered voter ratio is 3.7 times higher in Wyoming than California. David__77 May 2017 #5
That is more than a reasonable presumption. It is time we OldHippieChick May 2017 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author David__77 May 2017 #4

JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
1. All but one presidents who won Electoral and lost Popular were Republicans.
Thu May 18, 2017, 04:50 PM
May 2017

Last edited Mon May 22, 2017, 11:57 AM - Edit history (1)

1824: John Quincy Adams.
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes.
1888: Benjamin Harrison.
2000: George W. Bush.
2016: Donald Trump.

JQA was the exception.

Goodheart

(5,264 posts)
2. It really bugs me that some wingnut's vote in Wyoming counts for so much
Thu May 18, 2017, 05:02 PM
May 2017

more than that of a New Yorker or Californian.

grrrrrrrrr

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
3. I'm originally from Wyoming, but could not agree
Thu May 18, 2017, 05:09 PM
May 2017

with you more. Wyoming can keep their 3 electoral votes, but California and New York (among others) deserve a few more after all these years. Wyoming's population has not increased in over 50 years, but they still have the same number of electoral votes.

David__77

(23,220 posts)
5. The electoral vote to registered voter ratio is 3.7 times higher in Wyoming than California.
Thu May 18, 2017, 05:16 PM
May 2017

I think one can reasonably state that a Wyoming voter has 3.7 times more power than a California voter, as regards the presidential election.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
6. That is more than a reasonable presumption. It is time we
Thu May 18, 2017, 05:26 PM
May 2017

gave a more equitable number of electoral votes to the states. I actually approve of the electoral college, but it is no longer the fair system our founders intended.

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