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Showing Original Post only (View all)If the electoral college is supposed to protect us from madmen like Trump, then why did it fail [View all]
...to do its job in 2016?
Seems to me the true job of the EC is to protect the status quo from another Roosevelt or Kennedy type candidate from ever getting into the WH again.
But an extreme right-wing nut-job like Trump? No problem.
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If the electoral college is supposed to protect us from madmen like Trump, then why did it fail [View all]
gyroscope
Oct 2017
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CA has 67 times as many people as WY, but only 18 times as many electoral votes.
Garrett78
Oct 2017
#24
Yes, and specifically was designed to give slave states disproportionate power,
lagomorph777
Oct 2017
#29
I don't think they were very good at anticipating anything or even wanted to.
mountain grammy
Oct 2017
#28
Gerrymandering has no effect on presidential, senate or gubernatorial elections
MichMan
Oct 2017
#12
It can if people feel disenfranchised and because of that, don't bother to vote. n/t
KY_EnviroGuy
Oct 2017
#23
The electoral college is intended to prevent the people from directly electing their President:
struggle4progress
Oct 2017
#11