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Friday, December 02, 2016

These numbers should SHUT UP liberals about the Electoral College once and for all

After all it’s unfair: Hillary Clinton won the “popular vote” so she should win, right? Wrong.

The keening and caterwauling we’ve been treated to by the left since Hillary Clinton’s defeat has been monumental.

Most entertaining has been the snowflake retreat to “safe spaces” with puppies and coloring books to assuage their anguish.

Less entertaining were the violent protests which were paid for erupted in cities across the nation.

Putting aside Jill Stein’s quixotic effort to force a recount, the left has been loudest with its demands to dismantle the Electoral College.

After all it’s unfair: Hillary Clinton won the “popular vote” so she should win, right?

Wrong.

Our Founders in their infinite wisdom created the Electoral College to ensure the STATES were fairly represented. Why should one or two densely populated areas speak for the whole of the nation?

The following list of statistics has been making the rounds on the Internet and it should finally put an end to the argument as to why the Electoral College makes sense.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Why should one or two densely populated areas speak for the whole of the nation?"

Or one or two metro areas (DC/Baltimore) speak for a whole state?

Anonymous said...

10:05 - considering the crappy ideas, vitriol, language, and attitudes coming out of those two places - they certainly do NOT represent the Eastern Shore - or even close to a good portion of the country!

Anonymous said...

It would seem that Maryland is more of a purple state than a blue one.