tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696900205506171051.post1358662218565793476..comments2023-09-07T19:36:30.823-07:00Comments on The Musings Of The Consensus: To everyone pissed Hillary Clinton lost: Calm down.GethN7http://www.blogger.com/profile/00367352075223924769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696900205506171051.post-83119011171253107122016-11-30T20:59:24.921-08:002016-11-30T20:59:24.921-08:00Well, the Founding Fathers tried to come up with a...Well, the Founding Fathers tried to come up with a way to make the northern and southern states happy by making the government have two houses of government to split the difference on the two plans proposed for how the legislature would work at the time of the Constitution's framing.<br /><br />The electoral vote process is a byproduct of that compromise, and while imperfect, I can't think of a better system that would be as accommodating to everyone while still being remotely fair.GethN7https://www.blogger.com/profile/00367352075223924769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696900205506171051.post-88267088783652422592016-11-19T00:59:52.847-08:002016-11-19T00:59:52.847-08:00> Obviously, this hasn't happened, and the ...> Obviously, this hasn't happened, and the only actual terror exists in the heads of the angry madmen who just can't accept the electoral process worked as the US's Founding Fathers intended.<br /><br />Oh, it definitely worked as intended. I just disagree with the intent of the founders here. The fact that a candidate who lost the popular vote by 2 million voters (once California is done counting) can still win the election is super not cool. This was the original intent though -- giving the South and rural areas more electoral power than Northern cities. Whatever the intent, it's a rigged system if a person in Wyoming's vote counts 5 times as much as mine did. Brent Laabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17518100165641296059noreply@blogger.com