Over on my Instagram page a lively discussion about the Electoral College versus popular vote has been going on all day. I used to be a believer in using the popular vote – until I understood what could result. Although there is a lot of misinformation regarding how many counties Trump won versus Hillary – the numbers do not lie:
Trump: 2,623 Hillary: 489
When you dig down into the numbers deeper it is truly telling. Remove the top 100 most populated counties and Trump won the EC by an even larger margin AND the popular vote by close to 15 million votes. We already know the pundits and pollsters didn’t have it close – but it is really “worse” then they thought.
The following picture is the exact reason why we have the Electoral College. Blue – Hillary counties Red – Trump
Does the above map look like Hillary won the election?
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I did a lot of my Christmas shopping online this year and so far extremely pleased. Shipping was fast with tracking all the way. One item had to be sent back and this was not an issue. Amazon was used for most things and as always they do a great job. I also have been shopping on eBay recently and found some decent deals.
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My knife collection has been expanding more lately. This all started when Chris(13 year old) decided he wanted to be a “country boy” – which is fine by me. He started collecting himself especially after Panhandle Rancher gave him one. I am eyeing a Tops Pathfinder Knife right now. Looks awesome but really would like to see one up close before I shell out the money. Although – the knives I have bought from GearBest have been great.
See:
REVIEW: HX Outdoors Survival Knife
Of the two the CIMA is my favorite.
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3 days to go!!!!!
The electorial system worked exactly as it was intended.
You have the web page for that map?
rcoh – it was on Twitter. I’ll see of I can find it.
Okay thanks.
California accounted for over 4 million of Hillary’s votes. Remove it and Trump won the popular vote as well. Yes, that is specifically the reason for the electoral college. As outlined in Federalist 68…
Our founders were above wise – I’d say they were led by God, when they put this nation and it’s systems together. We must fight to retain the EC! Keep Looking UP
I agree wholeheartedly, but I do wonder how many people would still be saying this if the results had been the other way. Trump himself was against the EC until it gave him the election and I know many other people that were condemning it, because they felt Hillary would win because of it.
JAS – I’ll be the first to admit if the result went the other way I would be freaking out and believe that the EC was a bad thing. However I would only do that if Hillary won the “big states” and Trump won the majority of the country – including the popular. In other words – a very similiar situation now where he won by far most of the country and the popular vote is relatively close.
I think we’ve posted/commented on the knife thing before. I did extensive re-search…and it still wasn’t enough. I settled for the dual,(many purpose) BlackHawk CQD Mark1 Type E. This is my EDC for everything. It folds and also locks into place to be a locked blade. A small belt holster can be bought so that knife can be sheathed in the locked position. It also has an emergency glass breaker and emergency seat belt cutter. It also has the perfect fit when closed to fill up your fist for..well, you know. And has open slots to let, well you know..fluids, drain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwrmOi7HNJ4