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thranx on 03 December 2016
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AsGryffynn said:
Nem said:

I think its obvious. The idea that someone who gets majority vote on a presidencial election doesn't get to rule is something only (old) american's could think up. That is not democratic, especially coming from the "leader of the free world". Its a bit ironic.

With that said, i wish a 3rd candidate would be voted in because Trump is going to be a disaster to the US and the world.

Civil war from what is mostly interior and less technological advanced states? ^^

I see what you mean! Its could happen.

Tyranny of the majority? As in opposed to Tiranny of the minority? I don't understand the concept of "tyanny of the majority". It's called Democracy! The majority SHOULD win! Thats the whole concept of every vote beeing equal.

Of course it's fair! The whole point was people in urban regions will vote differently from people in the countryside, but the countryside seems unable to hold the same amount of people. How do you give the people in the rural and sparsely populated flyover US the same weight and firepower as those in the cities? You destroy the boundary between both to ensure the urban population has less power. 

The reason Clinton had more votes was solely because of one state: California. Since Trump didn't even bother campaigning for the 55 electoral votes California packs, the state was lost in a mudslide and almost everyone decided to vote for the crook instead. In other words, the Hollywood celebrities pack the most electoral votes, but they pack far more people than this. 

And I'll be honest here. I am sure I will get flack for it too. But I live in So Cal. I could not find a hillary supporter if I tried. My wife lived in LA when we first met, every facebook friend in LA was for Hillary. But we live on the San Bernardino County/Riverside County border, everyone was for Trump. There were even rallies for him in the three cities closest to me, and I mean like every other week. I was amazed because I do live in a heavily hispanic area. I am highly suspicous of the vote count in CA. I would have to look at the population of the big cities to the rest of CA to be sure of my suspicions. But I dont have time and dont care cause Trump won.

 

As far as the electoral college goes the only change I would make is that CA needs to split up. 1 state having 20% of the vote is not fair to the rest of the country. I would say once a state reaches a certain level, maybe 25 votes, it should have to decide to split into two or more states if it wants more votes. So essentially a 25 vote cap per state. It would encourage bigger populated states to split. Which in turn will make government closer to home for each citizen, so that people will decide what happens where they live instead of someone who isnt affected by their choices.