tstick
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Not everyone has the same vested interests or makes their living the same way. In some places, few people tend a large geographical area -mainly the farm and ranch lands that feed the people of this country. These areas are crucial to our lives...but most of the population isn't located in those areas. However, the people in those areas need to have their votes represented in a way that can't be excluded or overpowered by the more densely populated -yet geographically smaller areas. So representatives are elected by the people to vote the conscious of their party. If voting was done as you suggest, then the greater portion of votes would come from those populated areas that may/may not have any consideration for the needs of those farmers, ranchers, etc.That doesn't make sense. Why should geographical location be an indicator of fairness?
There are roughly 330,000,000 citizens of the United States. The ONLY fair method for which each vote counted is to count each vote.
You do know where the Electoral College stemmed from, don't you? Does 3/5 a man sound familiar?
And, I can tell you from having been raised in one of those rural areas, the people don't have a large amount of trust or respect for politicians because there have been few politicians over the years who have done much for them. So there is no love lost on Hillary by them. She was just another loudmouth politician that would have continued to do nothing for them. So they gambled, threw the dice on Trump and here we are.
There was really no winning in this election. Nearly half the country is in complete disagreement now.