mr roboto
Footballguy
I keep hearing lamenting over the fact that the popular vote and the electoral college totals are inconsistent at times. Let me tell you why this doesn't really matter.
Many contest has rules at the beginning that each contestant knows in advance and formulates a plan in order to, according to the rules, win the contest.
Lets say the Packers beat the Vikings 27-24. They kick a game winning FG with 3 seconds left. The Packers are awarded a win and the Vikings take a loss.
Now let's say the Vikings had 425 yds of offense while the Packers had 375 yds. In yardage totals the Vikings 'beat' the Packers. But this is irrelevant. Because football wins are measured by points, not yards gained.
Now if football game were decided by total yards it would be played very differently. The 1yd TD run and a 1yd gain on 1st and 10 count the same. You could imagine how teams would play the game very differently. There would be no FGs. All teams would go for it on 4th down frequently. Onside kicks would become the norm. All because yards now matter, not points.
Voter turn out in California for example was very low and Hillary won a very high percentage of the California vote. In states where it was apparent that one of the two candidates would win, certain voters (such as myself) May have decided to vote for a third-party candidate as a statement vote against the two-party system because those voters knew that their individual vote was irrelevant in their state which may have gone overwhelmingly to one of the two candidates.
The candidates themselves would campaign very differently if a single vote in California meant as much as a single vote in Pennsylvania or Michigan. They would focus heavily on highly populated areas and states and likely not campaign as often in smaller cities and towns.
It's my opinion that the popular vote tells us nothing about what the majority of Americans actually wanted because those Americans were operating under the assumption that states majority matters not overall national majority. It would be fascinating to throw out the electoral college in an election cycle and see what voter turnout would be and what impact that would have on third-party candidates.
Many contest has rules at the beginning that each contestant knows in advance and formulates a plan in order to, according to the rules, win the contest.
Lets say the Packers beat the Vikings 27-24. They kick a game winning FG with 3 seconds left. The Packers are awarded a win and the Vikings take a loss.
Now let's say the Vikings had 425 yds of offense while the Packers had 375 yds. In yardage totals the Vikings 'beat' the Packers. But this is irrelevant. Because football wins are measured by points, not yards gained.
Now if football game were decided by total yards it would be played very differently. The 1yd TD run and a 1yd gain on 1st and 10 count the same. You could imagine how teams would play the game very differently. There would be no FGs. All teams would go for it on 4th down frequently. Onside kicks would become the norm. All because yards now matter, not points.
Voter turn out in California for example was very low and Hillary won a very high percentage of the California vote. In states where it was apparent that one of the two candidates would win, certain voters (such as myself) May have decided to vote for a third-party candidate as a statement vote against the two-party system because those voters knew that their individual vote was irrelevant in their state which may have gone overwhelmingly to one of the two candidates.
The candidates themselves would campaign very differently if a single vote in California meant as much as a single vote in Pennsylvania or Michigan. They would focus heavily on highly populated areas and states and likely not campaign as often in smaller cities and towns.
It's my opinion that the popular vote tells us nothing about what the majority of Americans actually wanted because those Americans were operating under the assumption that states majority matters not overall national majority. It would be fascinating to throw out the electoral college in an election cycle and see what voter turnout would be and what impact that would have on third-party candidates.
