The electoral college is picked from the popular vote. Therefore the populous vote does represent the electoral college vote and vise versa.
In all but 1 or 2 states the group of electors is chosen before the election. One group representing the democrats and the other republicans. As the populous vote comes in for the state and is tallied whoever has the most from the populous, democrat or republican, is then selected to represent the state at the electoral vote. This vote does not actually happen for some time after the election.
The members that have been picked to represent the state during the electoral process are usually hard-liners to their party and would not switch votes, but it has happened a few times in the past. A republican electoral party is sent to the capitol, based on that states popular vote, and then one of them voted democrat. Needless to say it’s political suicide to do.
So, the electoral college is a representation of the popular vote. By instituting the same system to counties the results would have come out the same.
What outlining the number of counties and how they voted shows is the disparity between rural communities and metropolitan areas in the way they think and believe. I won’t argue that one is better than the other but it should be disturbing that there can be such a difference in beliefs based on the location of your house.
I know two people in about the same situation as the other but one lives downtown K.C. and the other the boot hill of Missouri in the sticks. One wouldn’t think of taking assistance from the government and damn near kill’s himself trying to make it. The other sits on their bellybutton all day and does nothing. Where do you think each lives?
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