Tag: it would be ludicrous to even suggest that the vote of those that encompass a mere 319 square miles should dictate the outcome of a national election. Without the Electoral College

Simple explanation as to why we must keep our Electoral College system: There are 3,141 counties in the United States. Trump won 3,084 of them. Clinton won 57. There are 62 counties in New York state. Trump won 46 of them. Clinton won 16. Clinton won the popular vote approx. 1.5 million votes. In the 5 counties that encompass NYC, (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond & Queens) Clinton received well over 2 million votes than Trump. (Clinton only won 4 of the these counties, Trump won Richmond) Therefore these 5 counties alone, more than accounted for Clinton winning the popular vote…