Well, here’s the electoral college vote for the United States as of today.

Which of the states do you think would like to have a popular vote for the Presidency?

Right, the blue ones; the ones that lost via Electoral College.

The Electoral College was put in place by the Constitution of the United States on September 17, 1787. It was then amended by the 12th Amendment, which basically ensured that the President and Vice President were from the same party.

The original purpose was to ensure that the less populous states were not run over by the more populous (i.e. New York, California, etc.)

It has served us well, giving an ear to all the people, not just the coastal states, which today trend to the liberal side of the chart.

Watching the results from the Presidential election and the following firestorm days following, I saw a guy from California advocating seceding from the Union.

I was really shocked, since we fought a fairly ugly war over that very issue in the mid 1800’s. Someone from such a liberal state calling for secession was a bit surprising.

But on second thought…

A glance at the electoral map shows blue on either side of the continent and a great red swath in the center, running from the south to the northern border, except of course, Minnesota. Someone please explain Minnesota to me.

Just a thought, though. Texas might get the better of the deal if we sold oil and gas to California and bought motion pictures from them.

Hell, I can go several days without watching a major motion picture, but my car requires gasoline almost daily. And a couple of gallons of gas cost as much as the ticket to a movie.

I personally would vote for their secession.