Neal Hebert: Electoral College keeps California from choosing the president
I can’t believe there are still complaints about the 2016 Electoral College loss more than a year after the election. The process has been in place for over 200 years and is how the president is elected in our country.
Hillary Rodham Clinton won the national popular vote by 2,868,692 votes (65,853,516 to 62,984,824). HRC also won the California popular vote by 4,269,978 votes (8,753,788 to 4,483,810).
Do the math. President Trump won the national popular vote by 1,401,287 votes (58,501,015 to 57,099,728) if you take California out of the equation.
The results posted above are from the Federal Elections Commission, dated 30 Jan 2017.
Does California alone have the right to decide for the rest of America who is president? It seems the Electoral College served its purpose in preventing the more populated states (or state in this case) from running roughshod over the others.
Neal Hebert, Modesto
This story was originally published November 17, 2017 at 12:20 PM with the headline "Neal Hebert: Electoral College keeps California from choosing the president."