Democrats won the popular vote in six of the past seven national elections, but got only two presidents out of it instead of four. Al Gore won it by 541,000 in 2000. As of Sunday, Hillary Clinton was more than 700,000 votes ahead of Donald Trump and by some estimates headed toward close to a 2-million-vote “loss.”
“Not real interested in California’s 9 million voters deciding every president,” wrote a Twitter user named plarkin88. Understandable — but they are people too. Why shouldn’t their votes count as much as those in relatively sparsely populated red states? I know, this is the system we have. But is it fair?
And while we’re on the subject, I’m not real interested in Republicans appointing every Supreme Court justice for eternity. Democrats have held the presidency for 20 years since 1977 but haven’t had a high court majority since 1971. When they finally got the chance in February after Justice Antonin Scalia died, Senate Republicans decided they would wait a year, ignore President Obama’s nominee, and let the next president decide. Fair? Not in my book.
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