Trump is an anomaly. He won, but that's because he faced an unhinged party of lunatics. If both party leaders were sane, it wouldn't have been such a landslide.

With Texas gone, no Republican will ever be able to compete, with or without fair elections.

The problem isn't the Electoral College. The problem is with population-dense districts deciding an entire State's election. The Electoral College sought to curtail small, population dense areas having all the control, even if they also have more of the popular vote. Delegates act as that fail-safe.

Some dude in the middle of Yellowstone doesn't need to have his guns taken away because Federal policy bans guns. He needs them to survive, and he needs a gun industry to survive so he can buy bullets and put food on the table. How can he possibly weigh his political interests equally to a dozen-to-one ratio for the nutters in the big city down the way? The rules for him have no use at best and destroy his way of life at worst. The Electoral College isn't the best answer for him, but it is AN answer.

Liberals gamed the system, sure, but look at all they had to do in order to cheat!

Nothing is cheat-proof, but the Electoral College is so unwieldly to cheat around that it required developing technology from the ground up and literally buying rights to run all elections nation-wide to do so.

Texas can leave, sure, but invisible hands will tear it apart as soon as the ink dries. Going it alone makes them vulnerable, and Texas has its fair share of insurgents as is. It'd be a slaughter if they secede.

Trump is an anomaly. He won, but that's because he faced an unhinged party of lunatics. If both party leaders were sane, it wouldn't have been such a landslide.

With Texas gone, no Republican will ever be able to compete, with or without fair elections.

The problem isn't the Electoral College. The problem is with population-dense districts deciding an entire State's election. The Electoral College sought to curtail small, population dense areas having all the control, even if they also have more of the popular vote. Delegates act as that fail-safe.

Some dude in the middle of Yellowstone doesn't need to have his guns taken away because Federal policy bans guns. He needs them to survive, and he needs a gun industry to survive so he can buy bullets and put food on the table. How can he possibly weigh his political interests equally to a dozen-to-one ratio for the nutters in the big city down the way? The rules for him have no use at best and destroy his way of life at worst. The Electoral College isn't the best answer for him, but it is AN answer.

Liberals gamed the system, sure, but look at all they had to do in order to cheat!

Nothing is cheat-proof, but the Electoral College is so unwieldly to cheat around that it required developing technology from the ground up and literally buying rights to run all elections nation-wide to do so.

Texas can leave, sure, but invisible hands will tear it apart as soon as the ink dries. Going it alone makes vulnerable, and Texas has its fair share of insurgents as is. It'd be a slaughter if they secede.