Equal billing
Mr. Simkins argues that because Clinton won her majority from just a 319 square mile area around Manhattan, her popular vote win doesn't really represent the country.
That sounds convincing at first, but consider this: Since Clinton won by 1.5 million votes — not the 2 million that Simkins claims — in that 319 square mile area, then the rest of the entire country must have actually leaned toward Clinton by about 500,000 votes, because she won the entire popular vote by about 2 million votes.
What is ludicrous is to suggest that the amount of acres or counties in a state, regardless of how many people live on those acres, should count for more than the popular vote. The 3,084 counties that Trump won represent a majority of the acreage, but a minority of the votes cast. It's just that simple.
As much as Mr. Simkins seems to want to disenfranchise the good people of the greater New York City area, everyone gets to vote, and every vote counts equally.
Kathy Canada