I'm not a smart man. The few brain cells I have left don't get along that well.
So the other day something hit me: the electoral college. Ya know, the thing that actually elects the president that is almost never talked about in the news until election night.
In 2012 Obama got 332 electoral votes to Romney's 206. This year one of our goobers only needs 270 electoral votes to win the white house. That's 126 votes less than a Democrat got in 2012. Quite a big margin of error. Probably big enough to make up for all the lefties like me who hate Hillary and would probably stay home if she's on the ticket. Eh, that won't matter, she'll pull the menopausal bitty vote like it's never been pulled.
And is it just me or am I the only one that thinks Romany will go down as having gotten more votes, popular and electoral, than anyone on the 2016 field? I guess that's not even important to this discussion, but that's my gut feeling.
In 2008 Obama pulled 365 to McCain's 173. Now that is an ass whopping.
The odds seem really low for a Republican winning to me, but math is my biggest weakness. I started googling this and apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so. In fact some are going as far as to say it is mathematically impossible for a Republican to ever win the white house again.
Thoughts? Anyone smarter than me see something I'm missing?
So the other day something hit me: the electoral college. Ya know, the thing that actually elects the president that is almost never talked about in the news until election night.
In 2012 Obama got 332 electoral votes to Romney's 206. This year one of our goobers only needs 270 electoral votes to win the white house. That's 126 votes less than a Democrat got in 2012. Quite a big margin of error. Probably big enough to make up for all the lefties like me who hate Hillary and would probably stay home if she's on the ticket. Eh, that won't matter, she'll pull the menopausal bitty vote like it's never been pulled.
And is it just me or am I the only one that thinks Romany will go down as having gotten more votes, popular and electoral, than anyone on the 2016 field? I guess that's not even important to this discussion, but that's my gut feeling.
In 2008 Obama pulled 365 to McCain's 173. Now that is an ass whopping.
The odds seem really low for a Republican winning to me, but math is my biggest weakness. I started googling this and apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so. In fact some are going as far as to say it is mathematically impossible for a Republican to ever win the white house again.
Thoughts? Anyone smarter than me see something I'm missing?