LA County has a greater population that all but eight other states. Our intellectual betters here in Washington State (and several others) have already thrown our vote away.
The Republican form of government (which includes the Electoral College), was designed to protect minorities from the tyranny of the majority.
The city slickers in LA County can’t possibly know, or give a rat’s caboose about the needs and preferences of flyover country, or quite a few other places, really. Do you want to give them that kind of power over us? States’ rights matter.
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Odd that I can see the pic on the preview but not on the actual post. Am I missing something?
I’m not sure exactly how WordPress deals with featured images. I don’t think they’re visible on the page itself. I didn’t check to see if I have to explicitly embed the image in the article, as well as setting the featured image.
Well, now that power has been taken from you, at least you don’t have to worry about giving it away.
I feel so much better now. 😉
The other thing that concerns me is that we have possibly become a sufficiently small minority that we can be ignored. And subjugated.
But then I slap myself, and realize this is exactly what they want us to feel.
Fight. The war is on now. These are not good people, and they do not have honorable intentions.
BTW: that is a brilliant graphic for your featured image. Straight to the point.
Sadly we are only somewhat protected. The constitution gives the state’s the right to decide how their electoral votes will be cast. Currently 12 states Plus DC have gotten together and formed a National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. No matter how the people of the state vote their electoral votes are cast for the candidate who wins the national popular vote. Currently the state’s involved represent 181 electoral votes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/26/popular-vote-could-decide-presidential-election-if-these-states-get-their-way/?utm_term=.eb49c1eb814a
I’m uncertain if this is constitutional since the state’s involved are working “together” to determine the outcome of the election .
I think the individual state legislatures might have to outlaw National Popular Vote shenanigans. It might fly that way, since most people probably resent other states having more power than them. Except for the biggest states, that is. But for the biggest states, it’s a moot point.
It’s being introduced to the state legislatures in all 50 states, 12 have already passed it, from what I’ve read, two are close to passing it. It has passed in both New Mexico and Delaware and just waiting for their governor’s signature.
States where only one chamber has passed the legislation are Arizona, Arkansas, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Oregon. Bills seeking to repeal the compact in Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington have failed.