The influence of the EC has become disproportional. But, then again, so is the way we divide our legislature so that the Senator from Wyoming, representing the votes of 200,000 people, has an equal say as the Senator from California, representing 8 million people.
We need to be thankful that within the states, for the most part, state elections are based on statewide totals, not by choosing an elector from each country or borough to vote on the governorship, for example.
The big problem remains the willful ignorance of so many, and the lack of respect for education and actual ability. Elitism? yes, but what is wrong with it?
This chartfrom the Brookings Institution shows how Clinton won the economically powerful parts of the country. Fort Worth & Phoenix are the only metropolitan areas that went for Trump. The graphic needs more details, but it’s an interesting way to look at the results. (Harris County is Houston, et al.)
This way of looking at the vote is interesting, although it won’t change the results.
*The divide is economic, and it is massive. According to the Brookings analysis, the less-than-500 counties that Clinton won nationwide combined to generate 64 percent of America’s economic activity in 2015. The more-than-2,600 counties that Trump won combined to generate 36 percent of the country’s economic activity last year.
Clinton, in other words, carried nearly two-thirds of the American economy.*
…In between those elections, U.S. economic activity has grown increasingly concentrated in large, “superstar” metro areas, such as Silicon Valley and New York.
There are over 25,000 cities in the U.S.A. and Hillary won the big city vote where many Democrat voters are concentrated. And I’m pretty sure that the “American economy” doesn’t vote, voters do. However, the Brookings analysis could certainly make someone feel better about Hillary’s 2nd failure to become POTUS.
If we continue playing fun with numbers, 500 counties plus 2600 counties equals 3100 counties. 500 counties divided by 3100 counties equals 16%. Hillary won less than 16% of the counties. I feel better already.
Did the Brookings Institutional math convince you that Hillary won the election? It convinced me that they have too much time on their hands, and are chock full of a very bitter whine.
