E.J. Smith
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Re: POTUS 45.7 - Has the left reached the acceptance stage yet?
Do you know how much time and money the Republican Party spends on getting votes in CA? Very little. There’s no point to it if you’re playing by EC rules. Same with do you know how many Republicans in CA don’t bother to vote in Presidential elections because what’s the point? You could say the same thing about the Democrats spending time and money, and not voting, in Alabama and Mississippi. And you could also ask how many Democrats in CA don’t bother to vote in Presidential elections because, again, what’s the point. And yes, this might balance that out and something else might offset another thing but that’s the point, it would be a completely different game if we were going by popular vote. Campaigns would look vastly different, with wholly different strategies on where they spent their time and money. Basically, the focus would shift dramatically, you’d see the candidates in places like California and NY much more than you do now, and not in IA and NH nearly as much. How that would work out is anyone’s guess, but it would be different than how it works out now. Which is why pointing out that Hillary won the popular vote is about as relevant as telling someone your favorite color is blue.
Again, I couldn’t despise the Republican Party any more than I currently do, and Trump scares the crap out of me, he’s unhinged. But that doesn’t change the above.
I despise the Republican Party. And I consider their handling of the Merrick Garland nomination to be particularly repugnant, even for them, which is saying a lot. However, people need to give up this popular vote v. Electoral College angle. It’s like saying that we’re playing one game but want to keep score using the rules of another game.
Do you know how much time and money the Republican Party spends on getting votes in CA? Very little. There’s no point to it if you’re playing by EC rules. Same with do you know how many Republicans in CA don’t bother to vote in Presidential elections because what’s the point? You could say the same thing about the Democrats spending time and money, and not voting, in Alabama and Mississippi. And you could also ask how many Democrats in CA don’t bother to vote in Presidential elections because, again, what’s the point. And yes, this might balance that out and something else might offset another thing but that’s the point, it would be a completely different game if we were going by popular vote. Campaigns would look vastly different, with wholly different strategies on where they spent their time and money. Basically, the focus would shift dramatically, you’d see the candidates in places like California and NY much more than you do now, and not in IA and NH nearly as much. How that would work out is anyone’s guess, but it would be different than how it works out now. Which is why pointing out that Hillary won the popular vote is about as relevant as telling someone your favorite color is blue.
Again, I couldn’t despise the Republican Party any more than I currently do, and Trump scares the crap out of me, he’s unhinged. But that doesn’t change the above.
