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Today’s the day that the Electoral College will meet and, despite six weeks of demonstrations, threats<\/a> and magical thinking, elect Donald Trump as president.<\/p>\n

The Electoral College – which, back in the days when Hillary was considered inevitable, was above reproach – like so much in our federal system, is designed to protect the huge, diverse minority\u00a0from\u00a0<\/em>the majority.<\/p>\n

And it worked<\/a>. \u00a0And that doesn’t sit well with our left:<\/p>\n

Donald Trump\u2019s election is difficult for many Americans to accept, but there is no good reason to question its democratic legitimacy. For better or worse, Trump won the presidency by constitutional and sensible democratic rules that guided both campaigns and were known to any politically conscious citizen. He also won the national popular vote cast outside of the single state of California<\/strong>. Moreover, Clinton won all of California\u2019s 55 electoral votes despite the fact that 4.3 million of the state\u2019s voters voted for Trump. That big winner-take-all advantage for California\u2019s Democrats and Clinton was certainly felt, but it wasn’t enough to override her losses in many other states.<\/p>\n

Under our electoral vote system, American voters elected a national president, not California\u2019s choice. It is in the nation\u2019s interest for Democratic Party\u2019s leaders and for Clinton voters to fully recognize the legitimacy of the election as they had urged Trump to do after the third presidential debate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I say this: \u00a0if you want to abolish the Electoral College, and make this nation a pure majority-rule state – i.e. ruled by California and New York – go for it.<\/p>\n

But then, remove all impediments to secession.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: \u00a0There’s one “faithless elector” so far. \u00a0It’s a Democrat, naturally – and, of course, from Minnesota<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: Minnesota elector refuses to vote for Hillary Clinton, is dismissed under state law; alternative will vote instead<\/p>\n

\u2014 BNO News (@BNONews) December 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n