[ExI] The last chance to stop Trump

[BillK]

On 13 November 2016 at 21:18, John Clark  wrote:
> The electoral college is the most undemocratic part of the entire US
> constitution, Hillary Clinton got at least 2 million more votes than Trump,
> and when all the votes are counted probably a good deal more. It wouldn't be
> illegal for an elector to vote according to his conscience. And it certainly
> wouldn't be undemocratic!
>


The USA is a representative republic, not a democracy.

The electoral college is there to stop California, Texas and New York
(the most populous states) telling the other 47 states how they are
going to be run.

BillK