[ExI] Interesting statistic

[BillK]

On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 at 20:23, spike wrote:
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> Ja that would require ¾ of the states to ratify an amendment which would give away political power for at least half of the states.
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The problem with just relying on total votes cast in national
elections is the same problem that the UK has with referendums like
Brexit.
By total vote count the UK is almost equally split between EU IN or EU
OUT. But not equally split by area. e.g. London and Scotland voted EU
IN and most of the rest of the UK voted EU OUT.
This is similar to the USA where the large East and West coast cities
voted blue and the much larger (by area) central states voted red,
producing roughly equal total number of votes.

So if it is just the total number of votes that is used the result is
that one area of the country gets the right to decide how the other
area should be governed.
It could lead to breakup of the UK or secessions in the USA.

BillK