Electoral College

In their wisdom, the United States’ founders created the Electoral College to ensure ALL
the STATES were fairly represented. Why should one or two densely populated areas speak for the whole of the nation?

The following list of statistics has been making the rounds on the Internet. It should finally put
an end to the argument as to why the Electoral College makes sense.

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 by approx. 1.5 million votes.

In the 5 counties that encompass NYC, (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond & Queens) Clinton received
well over 2 million more votes than Trump. (Clinton only won 4 of these counties; Trump won Richmond).

Therefore these 5 counties alone, more than account for Clinton's "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 the vote of those who inhabit a mere 319 square miles ought to dictate the outcome of a national election.