Understanding the USA Electoral College System

In each state, whichever party garners a majority of popular votes, regardless of how narrow the margin, wins all the electoral votes. By forcing residents in each state ultimately to vote as a block, the system is supposed to ensure that small states’ interests are not drowned out by those of larger states.

In all, there are 538 electoral votes and the number given to each state reflects the sum of the representatives and senators it sends to Congress. It takes 270 or more electoral college votes to win the election. The biggest states - California (54), New York (33), Texas (32), Pennsylvania (23) - have the most impact on the result of the presidential election.

Usually, the result is nearly the same as it would have been if the election were direct. Yet the system has produced presidents who received a minority of the popular vote but a majority of the electoral votes, including Harry S Truman, Woodrow Wilson, Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams.

President Bill Clinton was also elected in 1992 with only 43 percent of the popular vote, but 370 electoral votes. Several times in recent electoral college history, a relatively small shift in voter preference in key states would have reversed election outcomes.

Selecting a President to support

Our country was originally inspired by the words written in the Declaration of Independence and then brilliantly architected from the Constitution of the United States.

In deciding which candidate I wanted to support for President, there are a lot of issues to consider. What are their views on health care? Taxes? Federal Power? The Military? Gun Control? Foreign Policy? Immigration? Family? An the list goes on.

There is no perfect candidate that meets all my views, however, I would not expect so either. So I have a couple of choices; either I run for President, which will never happen since my wife already told me she would not vote for me or I come up with a method to help me decide. That is when I turned to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Which President do I feel will uphold these principles and values. I encourage you to read these documents. I think they will help you as well. You don’t have to read the entire Constitution, but take a few minutes and review the blueprints our country was originally founded upon.

What ever your party affiliation is or candidate you support, I encourage you to go out to your Precincts and cast your vote. Its amazing what I learned this morning. Only about 1 -2 % of people show up at the Precincts. I have been put in charge of 6 Precincts in my area and am trying to get 5 people to attend the Feb 5th Caucuses. I encourage every one to get out and cast their vote.

North American Union

I’m not much into conspiracies, except for the R&D department at Microsoft. However, I came across this YouTube video tonight which is titled the “North American Union & VCHIP Truth.” At a first glance you may think that this is one of those internet conspiracy theories. Which I may tend to agree.

Basically the North American Union is a few things:

An economic alliance between Mexico, Canada and the US with a shared Amero currency.
An open boarder policy between Canada and Mexico
Eventually a global economic economy with a shared currency
A VCHIP technology to keep track of people. More to blog on that later. Scare tactics, etc.
And finally, the ultimate goal behind this agenda is a One Government society.

Europe has the Euro, and I can see a discussion around a Amero currency and may get some traction, but in reality, will the American people really want to see our heritage diminish?

I write more about this later as I study up on it, or maybe I won’t. Seems like a interesting conversation topic, even though it may be just a internet scare tactic made up by people who are posting YouTube videos to support their own conclusions…..