Posted on 03/19/2019 10:40:35 AM PDT by rktman
You are being kind.
1. During the early years of the Republic, the main political parties obfuscated their differences on slavery and the tariff (along obfuscating other ideas, e.g., on banking) so as to appeal both to northern (free) states, and southern (slave) states.
2. By the 1850s, there was no longer any way to avoid the issue of slavery. The Republicans didn’t even try to appeal to Southerners. They had to win all or almost all northern states. During this time, the Electoral College proved a friend of ending slavery (at least in the territories) (and also a friend of the tariff).
3. Following the Reconstruction period, the Democrats had a absolute lock on the South. In some Southern states, the Republican candidate wasn’t even on the ballot. So, the Democrats rolled up big popular vote victories in that region and several occasions won the popular vote while losing in the Electoral College. This was a second time that the Electoral College was a friend of the Democrats and an enemy of equality.
4. During the late 20th Century, things changed yet again. The Democrats shifted from representing the working class outside the South and segregation in the South, to representing progressive socialism, the post-modern agenda, atheism and nihilism, PLUS minorities, and the Republicans shifted to representing traditional and rural values. The swing region of the country shifted to the suburbs of the country. And, the swing voter shifted to upwardly-mobile children and grand children of immigrants.
At this time, it’s not clear who the Electoral College favors. In 2000, when Bush won, Gore had a small lead in the popular vote. In 2004, when Bush was re-elected, Bush had a smaller lead in the crucial state of Ohio than he had nationwide, so he was re-elected in spite of a disadvantage in the Electoral College.
In 2008, the election wasn’t close, and it’s useless to say which candidate if either the EV favored relative to the popular vote.
In 2012, the election was close, and the votes in the crucial states of FL, OH and VA were equal or closer than the national margin. You can say that the Electoral College and the Popular vote would have given the same result.
In 2016, the election was clearly a split decision. Clinton won the popular vote (meaning, finished first) (but with only 46 percent) and Trump won the Electoral College. If we had a run-off system (as many large democratic countries that directly-elect their President have, including Brazil, Russia and France) it’s not clear Clinton would have won a run-off. Republicans won the nationwide popular vote for Congress (49 to 48 percent).
IN ANY CASE ... by 2016 several factors combine to make the nationwide popular vote less than indicative of national voter sentiment. Washington and California adopted “top two” primaries, leaving lower-ticket candidates of the Democratic Party in many districts. Keeping Republicans off the ballot is their way to suppress the Republican vote. Of course, the media never talks about this. Suppressing the Republican vote is as good today was it was in the days of Jim Crow.
We get this malarkey about the popular vote every time the Democrats lose. Hopefully, we’ll continue to hear it after the 2020 election. Also, the continuing malarkey about Russia collusion, working-class married white women, talk radio and freedom of speech in general, racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, SUVs, hamburgers, plastic straws and Happy Meal toys.
Wasn’t she fired frr ESPN?
Who’s propping her up these days?
The stupid ....it burns ....
Lincoln, in 1860, won the presidency by virtue of the electoral college. He had LESS THAN 40% of the popular vote!!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election
The Dem leadership knows that...just as slavery was ended by the electoral college in 1860, they KNOW they can’t implement their socio-communist agenda wiht the electoral college intact.
Hope Tucker Carlson or someone can run with this
Hey! I’m a lefty and I...
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Nevermind
One should be kind to those on the left hand side of the bell curve
As I recall from my fifty year old education the Electoral College was designed to prevent “the tyranny of the majority” where a few high population states could control the whole country and advance regional interests at the expense of the minority. In 2016 Trump won 60% of the country while losing the popular vote to high density cities.
She could have said it kills children too, but then that would have reminded folks who actually does support that.
Heck, 99% of leftist have no clue why we have the EC to begin with.
Just ask any leftist why we have the EC and they have no idea at all.
The race card will look so ragged and full of holes, like a house full of rabid mice chewed on before the 2020 election is over. It’s raining=racism, I burned dinner=racism, You left ketchup out of my order=racism, I got fired for never showing up for work=racism, If you vote for any Republican that shows you are=racist.
Like you am sick to death of hearing about it and frankly I just don’t give a damn anymore when they blather racism for everything. In the 1990’s the left lived on the backs of the children, “You need to do this for the children...” Now it’s you do what we want or you a racist. I guess they rode the children shtick into the ground. Right now when you say racism I assume you are an idiot devoid of a single brain cell and all you are capable of is repeating the racism cliche’s and bumper sticker slogans and I ignore you.
FU a-hole. I got your "nah" and raise with the 2A. CWII is just a shot away and your precious cities will go down with ease.
The big cities will always carry the dimocrat.
If they get their way, fly over country will no longer matter.
This woman has a very serious mental problem — as do those who listen to her or hire her.
Hard to believe people are actually that stupid to believe that nonsense....
And Vegas and SF and ABQ. Democracy is for bullies!
Federalism: States’ Rights.
This assault started with the 17th Amendment.
Only 180° off; it probably prevents slavery. Being only 180° off doesn’t actually constitute being half right, either.
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