Maine votes out electoral college

[volsrock]

How exactly does a woman you don't know, never seen or even care about effect you or you're familes life when she has an abortion?

Be specific.

How does some black thug or Muslim that u have never known that gets shot killed in Detroit by a white man...how does that effect you or you're familes life?





How does some Confederate statue in Bama that u will never see and idiots scream for it to be removed.... how does that effect you or you're familes life if it not removed?


How does a baker in any state that u will never visit refuses to bake a cake for gay couple that u will never know...how does that effect you or you're familes life?

Be specific

[Superfreak]

One American, One Vote.
A Californian’s vote should count as equally as a Nebraskan’s vote.

Anyone can play that geography game. 70,000 people in only three medium-sized states decided for the rest of us that a dunce who got blown out in the popular vote should be allowed to be president.

A lot of small, rural red states have more cows and corn fields than people.
Cows and corn fields do not vote, and they are not entitled to representation.

The small, rural, conservative states are already given vastly disproportionate power and advantage by over-representation in the U.S. Senate and by district gerrymandering in the House.

There is no plausible need that tiny, rural states need to also be given a disproportionate advantage in presidential elections. They are given more than enough disproportionate power and representation as it is.

Each state, with the exception of Maine and Nebraska (funny you were so ignorant that you chose NE as your example) are by popular vote.

You can cherry pick any of the close states and say they 'decided'. That is simply stupidity. What you should focus on is that your precious candidate didn't do shit to try to win those three states because she took them for granted. That is why the founders formed the system we have in place. So that politicians would be forced to campaign for the ENTIRE country.

Just because CA voted heavily for the moronic unethical piece of shit that was Clinton, doesn't mean the rest of the country should suffer from their ignorance. If CA voters want to vote against their best interest, that is up to them. The rest of us shouldn't suffer for it.

[Superfreak]

Well technically wouldn't Maine's votes be counted in the popular vote?

Yes... I am being facetious. The point is, if they went 100% for candidate A and the nation voted 50.1% to 49.9% for candidate B, then Maines electoral votes would go to the one they all disliked.

[Wolverine]

One American, One Vote.
A Californian’s vote should count as equally as a Nebraskan’s vote.

Anyone can play that geography game. 70,000 people in only three medium-sized states decided for the rest of us that a dunce who got blown out in the popular vote should be allowed to be president.

A lot of small, rural red states have more cows and corn fields than people.
Cows and corn fields do not vote, and they are not entitled to representation.

The small, rural, conservative states are already given vastly disproportionate power and advantage by over-representation in the U.S. Senate and by district gerrymandering in the House.

There is no plausible need that tiny, rural states need to also be given a disproportionate advantage in presidential elections. They are given more than enough disproportionate power and representation as it is.

It already counts as much, we are a representative republic don't like it move commie! What you are saying is the people in big cities should decide what everyone does, up yours we do not want your big city lack of morals, and anything that resembles common sense everywhere.

[CharacterAssassin]

If you consider that a win, you're welcome, hope that helps your low self esteem.
Real wins must be pretty rare for you.

Nah. I consider it simply observing objective reality. You made a laughably dishonest claim.

When called out on it, you ran.

Hope this helps with your narcissistic personality disorder.

[Wolverine]

The founding fathers were smart enough back then to see that only leads to mob rule. It never ceases to amaze me how the intellect of Democrat Americans has diminished instead of increasing.

They also knew that given enough free stuff people will vote one way!

[cawacko]

Yes... I am being facetious. The point is, if they went 100% for candidate A and the nation voted 50.1% to 49.9% for candidate B, then Maines electoral votes would go to the one they all disliked.

Gotcha. You're spot on.

[Sailor]

They also knew that given enough free stuff people will vote one way!

Words of wisdom!

[leaningright]

This is not what I want for the United States Of America:



But it’s what we’d have without the EC.

[TTQ64]

If you are that fucking stupid that you do not know what it is, you should not be commenting on it.

So you don't know? Just repeating shit you hear.

I know exactly what it is. ANOTHER MADE UP RACIST WHITE MAN TERM USED TO PUT FEAR IN THE HEARTS OF WHTIES.

If you think people living in highly populated states are "mobs" then YOU are the one who doesn't need to comment.

[TTQ64]

How does some black thug or Muslim that u have never known that gets shot killed in Detroit by a white man...how does that effect you or you're familes life?





How does some Confederate statue in Bama that u will never see and idiots scream for it to be removed.... how does that effect you or you're familes life if it not removed?


How does a baker in any state that u will never visit refuses to bake a cake for gay couple that u will never know...how does that effect you or you're familes life?

Be specific

The ignorance of this post and those that thanked it, is astounding!

[anonymoose]

How exactly does a woman you don't know, never seen or even care about effect you or you're familes life when she has an abortion?

Be specific.

The ignorance of this post and those that thanked it, is astounding!

yuk yuk

[Truth Detector]

over the airwaves now

Big whoop! The FOUR electoral votes that typically go to the Democratic Party of the Jackass will continue to go to the Democratic Party of the Jackass.

What idiots like you do not know is that this means their voting is apportioned to whoever gets those votes. The Party of the Jackass no longer gets ALL of them. Dumb fuck.

[Flash]

over the airwaves now

They did not "vote out" the electoral college (and they cannot do so). They voted to give their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner. But, that pact does not take effect unless states with 270 electoral votes join. So far, only 14 states have joined. They are still using electoral votes to determine the presidency.

The electoral college gives each state the power to determine how their electoral votes are distributed. The Constitution never mentions popular votes by the people--that was a development of the states that decided to give the electoral votes to the popular vote winner.

In 2016 Maine gave one electoral vote to Trump and three to Clinton.

[Truth Detector]

newsflash,

you can't get rid of the electoral college in your state,

you can forfeit your votes toward the election I suppose by not certifying them, but I think the electoral votes would go to the popular candidate anyway.
what a bunch of whiny nut-bags residing in that statehouse, huh?

Their votes are apportioned to whoever got them. In other words, Republicans now have a say in that State. What idiot Desh doesn't know is that this has been happening since 1972.

I do wish California would go this rout. It would guarantee Republicans at least 30 votes they currently get shut out with.

But there are two states that do it a bit differently so that a candidate can lose a state but still pick up some Electoral College points. One of those is Maine, which does not use the traditional “winner take all” system the rest of the nation has implemented. In 1972, the state introduced what’s known as the Congressional District method. Instead of the electors being distributed based on the popular vote of the entire state, they’re distributed based on the popular vote of the state’s individual districts. Nebraska also uses this system.