The electoral college is an often misunderstood yet completely genius concept

The electoral college is an often misunderstood yet completely genius concept. If your President was elected strictly by popular vote, most of us could stay home because the heavily populated cities and states would decide every election. The density of those precincts would prevent rural and suburban communities and residents from having any say whatsoever.

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The above is a simplified version of a rather complex plan that gives voice to everyone. It is remarkable to realize that some 230 years ago, the framers anticipated and dealt with the possibility of special interest blocs or population centers that could hijack the elections. This anomaly has occurred 4 times in our history. That is less than 10%. When you look at the map after this election, where Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and Donald Trump won the election, the reasons are very clear. Clinton dominated the northeast and, the west coast and Illinois. Almost the whole rest of the country was in the Trump column. Had it been a popular vote, those smaller swathes of the country would have prevailed simply because of population density. I encourage people to refresh themselves or learn about our system of governance.

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