<p dir="ltr">Thank you! Apparently close to half the country needs a high school civics lesson. I thank my lucky stars daily we are not a direct democracy. It's a terrible idea. The EC while not perfect is way better than the alternatives. </p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 13, 2016 4:30 PM, "BillK" <<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com">pharos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 13 November 2016 at 21:18, John Clark wrote:<br>
> The electoral college is the most undemocratic part of the entire US<br>
> constitution, Hillary Clinton got at least 2 million more votes than Trump,<br>
> and when all the votes are counted probably a good deal more. It wouldn't be<br>
> illegal for an elector to vote according to his conscience. And it certainly<br>
> wouldn't be undemocratic!<br>
><br>
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<br>
The USA is a representative republic, not a democracy.<br>
<br>
The electoral college is there to stop California, Texas and New York<br>
(the most populous states) telling the other 47 states how they are<br>
going to be run.<br>
<br>
BillK<br>
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