[ExI] The last chance to stop Trump

[John Clark]

On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 4:29 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

​> ​
> The USA is a representative republic,


​All electors have an equal vote in the electoral college, so if it's
representative why does a Wyoming elector represent 177,556 people but a
​California elector represent 705,455 people?

​Why is a Wyoming person worth 4 times as much as a California person? ​If
the USA
is a representative republic
​ then things should represent without distortion. ​

​> ​
> 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.
>

​If nobody is living in those other 47 states then​
 California, Texas and New York
​ should indeed be calling the shots. Why should empty land in Wyoming get
a vote?

  John K Clark​
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