Last Update: 20190112 This file: Electoral_College_fyi.txt This Dir: C:\\DAN\Elections\2020\ I have used tinyurl.com to create the short and easy-to-email URL links below for your web browser. I have tested and guarantee that the actual (verbose) links go to trusted ("clean") URLs. The links below go to various resources on the web regarding the Electoral College in the United States Of America. This first one is a Youtube Video that, in only 6 minutes, describes and explains why all Americans should retain the Electoral College as an historical and essential protection to our Constitutional Republic: The U.S.A. is NOT a "democracy" as all the Main Sewer Media and Public School System would have you and your children believe. https://tinyurl.com/yaawwg5u - Why The Electoral College? - Share this one with your parents, your grown children, and especially your legislators ad local candidates. http://tinyurl.com/h7xekjq - Defending the Electoral College http://tinyurl.com/hethrpk - Wikipedia on Electoral College https://tinyurl.com/yaawwg5u - What & Why The Electoral College? http://tinyurl.com/h6htfyx - 12th Amendment fyi http://tinyurl.com/zzb8dzn - Faithless Electors http://tinyurl.com/z59mcen - Unpledged Electors http://tinyurl.com/jjurjxl - Rogue Electors in Colorado http://tinyurl.com/hhnkehr - Electors must vote Hillary or face Death http://tinyurl.com/zs2xyaw - National Archives on Electoral College Qualifications Unfortunately none of the above, except for ths YouTube video, seems to mention WHY there even IS an Electoral College in the first place. The short answer is: TO PREVENT HUGE-POPULATION URBAN STATES such as California, Illinois, New York, etc. FROM ALWAYS ELECTING THE PRESIDENT. You should always be in favor of RETAINING the Electoral College. ============[ WHY TO RETAIN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: ]===================== The below puts the Electoral College in perfect perspective: (A) There are 3,141 counties in the US. Trump won 3,084 of them and Hillary won only 57. (B) There are 62 counties in New York State. Trump won 46. Hillary won only 16. (C) Hillary won the popular NYS votes by approximately 1.5 million. (D) In the 5 counties that encompass NYC (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond and Queens) Hillary received well over 2 million more votes than Trump. Hillary won 4 of these counties; Trump won one, Richmond (Staten Island). (E) Therefore these five (5) New York City counties alone, accounted for Hillary's winning the popular vote of the entire country. (F) These 5 counties comprise only 319 square miles. The United States is comprised of 3,797,000 square miles. When you have a country that encompasses almost 4 million square miles of territory, it would be ludicrous to even suggest that the vote of those who inhabit a mere 319 square miles should dictate the outcome of a national election! (G) Largely densely population Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc.) do not and should not speak for the rest of our country. Pass this information on to all the sad folks you know that believe that the popular vote should decide the President. P.S. Due to the fact that our USA is a Representative Republic, and NOT a "democracy," the President is an election BY & FOR the 50 states. Check the Constitution and read your history books. EOF