Where would you rather live: The United States of America or Detroit?

2016 Election

Let's talk. It's better than fighting or rioting. The election of 2016 has raised an issue and given us a perfect example to compare the Electoral College system of selecting a President vs a popular vote. Neither candidate this year, Hillary nor Donald, is popular, so we needn't be distracted by personalities. No one can predict how either might perform as President or what challenges they will face, so let's not allow ourselves to be distracted by hysterical premonitions. Also, don't be distracted by the fact that one camp is celebrating and the other rioting. There are always winners and losers in Presidential elections. We can't simply give both sides participation trophies and call it a draw. Let's just focus on the voting system.

2016 Presidential Election Results by County

Clearly, one candidate won a simple majority of the popular vote and the other won a vast majority of the majorities in the separate voting districts. However, because of the uneven distribution of the American population, the resulting Electoral vote count resulted in a simple majority for one over the other. Those are the facts bearing on the issue.

However, once again ​we are confronted with a call by the losers to ditch the Electoral College and let the popular vote prevail. Yes, the losers always complain when they win the popular vote and lose the election. However, this is the United States of America, not the Democratic Peoples Republic of America and it is the Electoral College that distinguishes us.

I am opposed to replacing the Electoral College with a simple popular vote because I'd rather live in the United States of America than Detroit. My opinion is based on two indisputable facts: First, that the majority of Americans live in urban centers and that anyone who can capture the vote of just a few of the largest of them can almost certainly win the popular vote in America; and second, that candidates will cater to the needs and interests of the majority to win their support. Thus, anyone living outside those areas will be ignored.
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Now let's look at how well urban areas have fared under the benevolence of such loving care. Detroit is a prime example. Although Steven Crowder is a comedian and social commentator, sort of a Mark Twain of our time, the facts that he presents in his tour of Detroit are verifiable.  

I don't know about you, but you couldn't get me to live in Detroit, not at any price. Now imagine Detroit receiving even more such loving care. It already appears as bad as any Third World Nation. Don't ask how it can get worse. The Progressives who dominate its government might take that as a challenge.

I'm certain that if you were to ask today, you'd find that a majority of Americans want to eliminate the Electoral College and deny Donald Trump access to the White House. Hell, I'm not particularly happy about him being there. However, we are not the Democratic Peoples Republic of America. The majority doesn't rule. We live by the Rule of Law and that rule specifies that Presidents will be elected by the Electoral College, and I support the Rule of Law that rests upon the foundation of our Constitution. Furthermore, I once took an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and that I would bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
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I still live by that oath.