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Old 10-18-2016, 11:00 PM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Joshua G View Post
the electoral college was divised when the smallest of the 13 colonies rejected a new US constitution on the grounds of under-representation of small states vs states with big populations.

without an electoral college, all candidates would simply campaign in the biggest cities, & thats it. urban liberal city politicians & their priorities would dominate over farm states & small populations.

at least the electoral college makes smaller states matter to the election.

as far as polls, they were WILDLY wrong about brexit. they under-represented the exit voter, exactly like the US media is fudging US polls on hilary. hilary is not up by 11 points! nobody shows up at her rallies. one poll has her down 3!

& the one where she is down 3, called 2012 spot on. all liberals discount LATimes, even though LAtimes is...liberal.

liberals see only what they want to see. hilary is going down. they refuse to see it under the blizzard of liberal bullshit they live on.

I see the point for the Electoral colleges back then. But one candidate just grabbing victory in one State and getting all the Electoral College Votes. Defeats the original purpose. Because it makes campaigning in California far more important than campaigning in Ohio.
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