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Rural states tend to vote more Republican

Posted on: October 13, 2016 at 15:31:11 CT
meatiger MU
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and if you look at votes per electoral vote, rural states have fewer votes per electoral vote.
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Rhayworth, I love your idea - TigerJackSwartz MU - 10/13 15:21:46
     Thanks. I also have an idea on campaign reform. - RHAYWORTH MU - 10/13 17:00:31
     makes too much sense to work.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 10/13 15:43:17
     Or another idea would be to do as Australia does - Webbster MU - 10/13 15:34:29
          Good to see you're consistently idiotic. (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 10/13 15:48:28
          i don't want more stupid people voting.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 10/13 15:43:31
          Mandatory voting is dumb(nm) - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:40:01
          minorites and women hardest hit. lol(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:34:56
     The chances - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:30:02
     Why not just use popular vote if that's the plan?(nm) - StaleyTiger MU - 10/13 15:25:12
          I like it because it remains a bit traditional - TigerJackSwartz MU - 10/13 15:27:08
               what about proportionally assigned? - dangertim MU - 10/13 15:30:06
                    That is the way Maine and Nebraska do it(nm) - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:32:13
                         it would be easy to just copy it nationwide(nm) - dangertim MU - 10/13 15:54:05
                              Well....states run the elections - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:58:06
                    Oh boy, talk about gerrymandering(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:31:04
                         to be honest, you can't gerrymander more than - dangertim MU - 10/13 15:36:19
                              Change it to that and you'd see it. Lines would look like - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:38:02
          Id rather have parliment style than popular vote(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:26:46
     There is zero need for electoral college. Popular - TheWildcat STL - 10/13 15:23:05
          Every Dem was saying that after 2000 election - Webbster MU - 10/13 15:30:44
          the electoral college actually favors the Republicans - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:28:54
               It favors whoever has the best ground game usually. This - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:29:47
               Lol, you cant be serious. (nm) - TigerMatt MU - 10/13 15:29:18
                    Rural states tend to vote more Republican - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:31:11
                         Not really. Each congressional district size is within a - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:33:07
                              actualluy...really - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:35:48
                                   They arent extra if every state gets them(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:36:25
                                        on a proportional basis they are - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:38:31
                                             Senate isnt proportional. never has been(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:38:52
                                                  Those states with one Congressman - Webbster MU - 10/13 15:40:49
                                                       I disagree and so did the founders(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:41:29
                                                            As stated, congressional districts are based on population - Webbster MU - 10/13 15:45:29
                                                                 what's funny here is you think you are educating others - FootballRefugee MU - 10/13 15:49:04
                                                                      The average district has 710,000 people in it - Webbster MU - 10/13 15:55:11
                                                                      He calls it over representation, I call it what the founders - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:51:51
                                                                           If you lose the Electoral College and go with popular vote - Webbster MU - 10/13 15:57:20
                                                                                I am for the EC(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 16:01:26
                                                                                     I am too - Webbster MU - 10/13 16:19:04
                                                                                     Rayworth is not very smart(nm) - meatiger MU - 10/13 16:04:12
                                                                           you are both correct - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:56:41
                                                                 I disagree and I know how congressional districts are drawn - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:47:19
                                                            I think he is stating it as a fact - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:42:20
                                                                 It is a fact, but he likes to disagree with me..nm - Webbster MU - 10/13 15:46:35
                                                                 Oh, I disagree that it is over representation. (nm) - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:43:15
                                                                      The Senate - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:45:05
                                                  We are saying the same thing I guess and I agree with the - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:39:58
                                                       Gotcha - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:41:13
                                                            yep, because of the vanishing manufacturing and thus - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:42:24
                                                                 And the industrialization - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:44:12
                                                                      People like HRC and Bush really sold this country down the - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:45:15
                                                                           world economics - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:46:55
                                                  that was my point - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:39:29
                         242 electoral college votes have been locked up for Dems for - TigerMatt MU - 10/13 15:33:05
                              yes - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:36:46
                              Yes, that's why about 6 states are considerd swing - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:34:29
                                   Republicans have to win all of their states, Florida and the - TigerMatt MU - 10/13 15:35:58
                                        Popular vote would be even more lopsided(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:37:09
          unless you live in flyover country. urban areas will make - TigerAlum91 MU - 10/13 15:25:38
          I couldnt disagree more. NY and CA would decide every - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:24:52
               well everything outside LA and SF is red in Cali.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 10/13 15:44:15
                    And? At the end of the day it doens't matter where you are - tigerman81 MU - 10/13 16:00:30
               So the current system where they don't even have to campaign - StaleyTiger MU - 10/13 15:26:42
                    I see your point but yes, Id rather the smaller states - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:27:39
                         Aren't they getting a disproportionate share now? - StaleyTiger MU - 10/13 15:31:55
                              It would just flip(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 10/13 15:33:31
                              Not true at all - meatiger MU - 10/13 15:32:45




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