Don’t let anyone ever tell you that we NEED the Electoral College because “without it New York and LA would just pick our presidents!”

fandomsandfeminism:

twodotsknowwhy:

fandomsandfeminism:

No single city, no group of cities has that population. The TOP 10 cities in the US have a combined population of 28 million. Out of 328. That’s roughly 8% of the population. 

If you add up EVERY SINGLE CITY with more than 100,000 people in it (Which is 311 cities), that’s still only 94 million. 28% of the US population.

So this idea that the popular vote would give power to just a few cities isn’t supported by the facts.

On the other hand: Two-thirds (273 of 399) of the general-election campaign events in the 2016 presidential race were in just 6 states(Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, and Michigan).   94% of the 2016 events (375 of the 399) were in 12 states. While 24 States received 0 visits. Because of the winner-takes-all Electoral College system, candidates can ignore any state that is “safe” and instead completely focus on  big cities in swing states. 

Also, people aren’t worried about the urban vote. They are worried about the “urban” vote.

Also, yes.