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By Peter Bowden, published 13/3/2019The Catholic defence is perhaps understandable. But a bigger issue to this writer is why are all the conservatives supporting Pell?
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huh?
Foxy,
Not following you around. Simply posted in one thread and realised it was more appropriate to t'other.
"but proportionally the number of electoral
votes in the Western States was never adjusted in proportion
to the population."
Sorry but that's utterly, spectacularly, stunningly wrong. As in not even close to being correct. The electoral college is based on the number of representatives each state has in the Federal Congress. So for example California has 55 electoral college votes (EV) because they have 53 members in the House and 2 in the Senate. Florida has 25 Reps + 2 Senators so 27 EV. And so on.
AND the representation in the House is determined by the population of the state as determined in the decadal census. So the electoral college votes are based on the state's population and are adjusted each 10 years.
So.... utterly, spectacularly, stunningly wrong.
“When my information changes, I change my mind. What do you do?” JM Keynes.
The information changed Foxy...what will you do? Let me guess.
Trump didn't win the majority of votes. But then he wasn't trying to since that wasn't the way to win. Had it been, he probably would have spent more time and money in California and NY. He didn't because he stood no chance of winning those states, so his failure to get most votes is neither here nor there and merely the whining of those who always whine when things don't go their way.