Electoral votes are proportionate to the population of a state
true.
the folk voting vote for that state and it's folk
false.
in Florida for example, Hillary had gained 47.8% of the votes which is about ~4.5M in number while Trump only managed to get ahead by a slight 2% difference.
~4.5M votes. Down the drain. Worth nothing.
That's not what I really call "democracy".
if it was actually proportionate to the voting folk then they would simply divide the electoral votes according to the difference gap and give Democrats 14 of the EVs while giving Republicans 15 of the EVs.
this is almost like a cheap version of gerrymandering.
in Turkey we use(at least how it suppose to be on paper) the D'Hondt method which basically allocates seats in parliament according to the popular votes, so even if one party gets the majority of the votes the opposition have a say on bills.
Edited 11/12/2016 16:56:25