You could say the same about many American laws . What made sense in 1800 may not be ideal social policy in 2016 . <| sep |> Dormammu I have come to bargain <| sep |> I think he was referring to people in the city . Edit Ok , I missed that this was Erie County , but I suspect many people did . Manhattan ' s county is literally named New York County . <| sep |> I don ' t believe fake news swung the electionHillary lost because of two groups 1 . bernie voters in the rust belt voting green 2 . Bernie and black voters in the rust belt not bothering to voteTrump got less votes then Romney . He literally won because he was the default option , i . e . He wasn ' t hillary . I really doubt bernie voters were sucked into the fake news bullshit . They were pissed HRC rigged the primary by having registrations voided and provisionally votes thrown out .