Take away the electoral college and we have a democracy (majority rule) perhaps one of the most unfair/unjust forms of government on this earth. The founders knew in a democracy the small states would have no say in the governance of the nation. Consequently, they chose a Constitutional Republic and government by the people and for the people. Now because Hillary Clinton lost the election on November 8, 2016 they, the democrats, insist it is not fair she lost. However, it has happened before. In 1824, 1876, 1888 and 2000.
In 1781 Benjamin Franklin described a democracy as three wolves and a sheep voting on what was for dinner.
The following is the example of why this Constitutional Republic and electoral college “is” both fair and correct.
There are 3,141 counties in the US.
Donald Trump won 3,084 of them.
Hillary Clinton won 57.
Yet Hillary won the popular vote by approximately 1.5 million nationally. About two million in NYC alone by winning four of the five counties that make up New York City. So Donald Trump won the rest of the country by half a million votes.
There are 62 counties in New York State.
Donald Trump won 46 of them
Clinton won 16
The point here is it can be seen that Hillary won the popular vote in the whole country by winning four of those five counties.
The five counties of NYC comprise some 319 square miles. The United States is just under four million square miles (3,797,000 square miles). By popular vote ( a democracy) 319 square miles beats the population in 3,796,681 SM.
The concentrated population of the large cities in a democracy would rule the entire nation. The small states and less densely populated states would have no say whatsoever in the governance of this nation. That is exactly what the founders wanted to avoid when the decision was made to have an electoral college determine the highest office in the land.
However, there “is” an obvious flaw in the system that needs to be worked out. How can a “representative government” represent the people if the elected electoral college is nether automatically committed or obligated to represent the peoples decision by voting for the peoples choice within that state? Should that “not” be mandatory?
Donald (Don) Bitler
Retired Pilot, Veteran, Published Author, Fifty plus years Arizona residence.
