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 of the entire country.

These 5 counties comprise 319 square miles.

The United States is comprised of 3,797,000 square miles.

When you have a country that encompasses almost 4 million square miles of territory, 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, you have effectively disenfranchised the rest of the country’s votes!

S. Leona Pierce

Kingman

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