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I see the electoral college as essentially a variation of gerrymandering at this point. It was one thing when it kept pace with population changes, but freezing it created a system that's becoming increasingly imbalanced over time.
How is it frozen? The number of electors based on House representation is changed every ten years according to the decennial Census.
Some states lose Representatives and therefore lose Electors while other states gain same.
If you're suggesting we also apportion Senators according to population that would be a total restructuring of the government.
We have already restructured the government once by taking away the individual state governments ability to select their own representatives, (United States Senators), when the 17th Amendment was enacted. Not easy, but the simple solution is to repeal the 17th Amendment. No direct election of U S Senators. Congressional House of Representatives are the people's representatives.
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Originally Posted by North Beach Person
How is it frozen? The number of electors based on House representation is changed every ten years according to the decennial Census.
Some states lose Representatives and therefore lose Electors while other states gain same.
If you're suggesting we also apportion Senators according to population that would be a total restructuring of the government.
Clinton lead = 2,672,911 [2.0%] (source: Cook Political Report)
Meaningless drivel, Trump is president and he will make America great again. He has already done more for the country that corrupt obama has done in eight years.
hillary needs to just slink off and go away to die..
The winner of the election was AMERICA..!!
I'm really surprised that my vote choice (#3) is the least popular one. Trump won, and the Republican party has a majority in both the House and Senate. He's been empowered to do make the change he desires, so who cares about this "mandate" business?
I'm really surprised that my vote choice (#3) is the least popular one. Trump won, and the Republican party has a majority in both the House and Senate. He's been empowered to do make the change he desires, so who cares about this "mandate" business?
Trump's lack of a mandate will become apparent when he starts to shove legislation through. The Senate will probably be 52-48. Not all 52 R's will vote with the R's all the time, especially the moderates. Trump will win on some issues, he'll lose on some and he'll have to water down some bills to get them passed. Congress will definitely not be a rubber stamp.
I'm really surprised that my vote choice (#3) is the least popular one. Trump won, and the Republican party has a majority in both the House and Senate. He's been empowered to do make the change he desires, so who cares about this "mandate" business?
At this point it's all Democrats have. They think someone will actually care about a mandate in 6 months.
Take out the illegal votes, there are by some estimates 2m-3m , Trump has the popular and electoral college vote all sewn up.
Hillary is approx. 1.5m ahead , including the illegal votes cast for Hillary.
Trump will exceed her results by about .25m to .5m when all results are in and adjusted for illegal votes.
This man Trump has one helluva mandate.
LOL, A national victory of as little as 250,000-500,000 votes somehow constitutes one hell of a mandate. Too bad how Trump couldn't win like Reagan did.
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