{"id":3528,"date":"2016-11-16T22:22:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T05:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2016-11-16T22:22:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T05:22:50","slug":"why-the-electoral-college-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=3528","title":{"rendered":"WHY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MATTERS."},"content":{"rendered":"

The vote total right now is as follows, based on 129 million voters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nPERCENT<\/strong><\/td>\nVOTE TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CLINTON<\/strong><\/td>\n47.89%<\/strong><\/td>\n61,778,100<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TRUMP<\/strong><\/td>\n47.16%<\/strong><\/td>\n60,836,400<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DIFFERENCE<\/strong><\/td>\n0.73%<\/strong><\/td>\n941,700<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Hillary Clinton is leading the popular vote nationally by 941,700 votes.\u00a0 Check out the results in California:<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nCALIFORNIA<\/strong><\/td>\nLOS ANGELES COUNTY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CLINTON<\/strong><\/td>\n6,832,500<\/strong><\/td>\n1,760,129<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TRUMP<\/strong><\/td>\n3,664,014<\/strong><\/td>\n578,457<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DIFFERENCE<\/strong><\/td>\n3,168,486<\/strong><\/td>\n1,181,672<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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That\u2019s right folks.\u00a0 Hillary lost the popular vote big time if you don\u2019t include California.\u00a0 She lost the popular vote\u00a0If you don\u2019t include Los Angeles Country.\u00a0 If we eliminate the Electoral College, the winner of every Presidential election will likely be decided solely by California and in many cases, like last week, solely by Los Angeles County.\u00a0\u00a0 That is why our founding fathers set up the Electoral College.\u00a0 It is why we need to keep it.\u00a0 It is why liberal Democratic Senators like Barbara Boxer want to eliminate it.<\/p>\n

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Any questions?<\/p>\n

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TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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