theintercept.com
That literally is the poorest sportsmanship whiny *** article I have ever readThere’s actually been a lot of research into this. Republicans actually have an electoral college lean.
The Electoral College Really Does Give Republicans a Massive Advantage in Close Elections, a New Paper Finds
The convincing study shows that 2000 and 2016 were not just flukes.slate.com
Wow that's hilarious... You gonna run a tell mommy? You spend all day stewing over me and me exposing you?
I don't know, I just struck a nerve with you for some reason................................
Nope. you sure didn't.
Positive I did. I mean you were thinking about me, what 8 hours later?
fivethirtyeight.com
I've heard it all before and it's a worthless conversation. If you want two packed dirty cities to control the entire election that's on you. Trump absolutely destroyed Hillary in counties yet take away two citie and Trump destroyed the popular vote too.Here’s another one for you.
Trump Is An Underdog, But The Electoral College’s Republican Tilt Improves His Chances
Even if you’re not following the polls super closely like those of us at FiveThirtyEight, you probably know that Joe Biden has both a sizable and fairly stable …
I hate this conversation because it's simply common sense to me. Do people in LA know what it's like for dairy farmers in Iowa? Should a densely populated area be dictating what happens to them? Should New York be the only city responsible for ranchers in Idaho?
I hate this conversation because it's simply common sense to me. Do people in LA know what it's like for dairy farmers in Iowa? Should a densely populated area be dictating what happens to them? Should New York be the only city responsible for ranchers in Idaho?
That's exactly what the popular vote does. Is the college perfect? Far from it but look at the population density here. Outside of a few major cities the the entire east would be making decisions for every single one of us.
What's the point in voting if you're from Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, the Dakota's, Montana? Nobody from the East understands what the smaller states need and visa versa.
Edit and this is a little misleading as far as populatiom not encompassing the entire landmass but it really does show how densely populated areas control the popular vote. Trump crushed Hillary in counties won 2,626 to 487.
Those 2 or 3 cities are diverse though. The people in those 2 or 3 cities don't all think exactly the same and also wouldn't all vote exactly the same.
www.pewresearch.org
But you're missing the trees for the forest here. As mentioned above, the entire city of NYC doesn't all vote the same, or San Fran or Chicago or even Provo. The electoral college, as currently implemented in most states (winner take all) does assume that, and it's wrong. Maybe if more states followed the Maine example, and split it, it would be different. A city is not a monolithic entity, any more than a neighborhood or a state or the entire country.I'm not so sure that's true.
NYC and LA are about the same politically. Throw in the San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose area. It's the same too. Not sure where Chicago stands but I'd assume it's closer to NYC than it is Phoenix in terms of politics. So basically the top 4 biggest cities/areas are all the same. It makes it really tough to overcome.
Look at this graph. Only like 10% of the cities are conservative, and they are all on the very small end population wise.
Chart of the Week: The most liberal and conservative big cities
Big cities in the U.S. tend toward the liberal side of the political spectrum, even when they're within conservative states (residents of Austin sometimes
I'm not even a conservative but there has to be some balance or you get the wackadoo left running amok. If it were completely slanted right you'd get the same wackadoo right policies. I don't know what the answer is but I do know letting NYC, LA and San Fran run the country is not a good idea.
