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We are being pushed along by a giant wave toward
Democracy.
The swell is caused by a populace that is increasing
ignorant of the virtues of a Republican form of
Government, and increasingly concerned with selfinterest.
We see it in Citizen’s Initiatives and Referendums,
in Recall Votes, in the campaign to abolish the
Caucus & Convention system, in the disastrous 17th
Amendment, and in the subversion of the Electoral
College. The latest scheme to render the Electoral
College useless is “National Popular Vote” or NPV.
The Founding Fathers concluded that the only way to
protect the sovereignty of man was to give him a
REPRESENTATIVE form of government – A REPUBLIC!
Men were busy taking care of families, shops and
farms. They had little time to study the concerns of the
country in order to recognize the necessary solutions.
It was far better for men in their communities to choose
statesmen who could study each challenge and find the
solutions best for the nation.
And so the Republic was born!
The people chose Representatives
to protect their interests in the
House, they chose state legislators
who appointed Senators to protect
their State interests in the Senate,
and they chose Electors who voted
on a President to represent their
interests in the Federal Union of
States.
It was an all-encompassing play for
protecting the liberties of the
people on every level!
The Founders fervently supported a Republican
form of government because they understood the
perils of a Democracy as evidenced in these
quotes:
James Madison
“Democracies have ever
been spectacles of
turbulence and
contention; have ever
been found incompatible
with personal security or
the rights of property; and
have . . been as short in
their lives as they have
been violent in their
deaths.”
Gouverneur Morris
“We have seen the tumult
of democracy terminate . .
in despotism . . savage and
wild”
John Quincy Adams
“The experience of all former
ages had shown that of all
human governments,
democracy was the most
unstable, fluctuating and
short-lived.”
Benjamin Rush
“A simple democracy . . is
one of the greatest evils.”
Noah Webster
“ . . pure democracy is . .
often the most tyrannical
government on earth.”
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is attributed with this timely definition:
“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule,
where fifty-one percent of the people
may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”
An Explanation of NPV
The National Popular Vote Compact
(which is being pitched to legislators in all states across the nation)
is an agreement between the compact states which
mandates that the compact state throw their electors in
with all of the other compact states for whichever
presidential candidate gets the most votes, regardless of
how the voters in each state cast their ballots.
The NPV slogan is
“Every vote equal”
But the slogan should be:
“Every Vote Equally Disregarded”
as electors are hijacked for another candidate!
Electors have come to represent the wishes of the voters in
each state, but under NPV, they will represent the voters in
other states. This makes our votes count LESS NOT MORE!
Proponents of NPV will tell you that, with NPV,
candidates will begin campaigning in states that
were previously “flyover” states. But the reality is,
in an election that depends on numbers of votes
alone, that candidates will be desperate to win the
high population areas (none of which are in Utah!)
2008 Presidential Election (Obama vs McCain)
California Results
12,464,197 Voters cast ballots
7,603,160 Votes for Obama (61%)
(State election maps from www.uselectionatlas.org)
(numerical statistics throughout from elections.nytimes.com)
RED = Obama Counties
BLUE = McCain Counties
2008 Presidential Election (Obama vs McCain)
UTAH TOTAL VOTES CAST
Just to contrast:
In California,
7,603,160 VOTES FOR OBAMA
In Utah,
913,019 TOTAL VOTES CAST!
(BLUE = McCain Counties)
(RED = Obama Counties)
100% of the votes in 9 western states
CAN NOT OUTVOTE the liberal 61% of CA
61% of California vote cast for Obama = 7,603,160
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Utah – 913,019
Wyoming – 246,329
Idaho – 651,678
Montana – 487,030
North Dakota – 315,987
South Dakota – 381,902
Nebraska – 789,852
Kansas – 1,206,377
Oklahoma – 1,462,661
SHORT BY
1.14 MILLION VOTES!!
(These states were chosen because of voting patterns similar to Utah)
In fact, with 3,023,434 voters, it would take
100% of the vote in 6-7 of these states just
to out-vote Los Angeles County!
Not to mention the
4,157,663 votes
in New York City &
Manhatten!
• 5.5 % of all US voters reside in
New York/Manhatten + LA County!
• 10% of all US voters reside in
our 10 largest cities!
These huge cities are bastions of liberality,
and will become the new battle grounds under NPV!
Voting by population
gives a very small portion of the country
ALL of the voting power!
Electoral Votes BY POPULATION:
CALIFORNIA = 53
9 WESTERN STATES = 22
Utah
4
Wyoming
1
Idaho
2
Montana
1
North Dakota
1
South Dakota
1
Nebraska
3
Kansas
4
Oklahoma
6
The Electoral College saves
the smaller conservative states
from an endless train of liberal presidents.
The EXTRA Electoral Votes are meant to
diminish the advantage of populous states
CALIFORNIA = 2
9 WESTERN STATES = 18
Utah
2
Wyoming
2
Idaho
2
Montana
2
North Dakota
2
South Dakota
2
Nebraska
2
Kansas
2
Oklahoma
2
Tally of Electoral Votes:
California = 55
9 Western States = 40
The advantage is NOT great enough to
guarantee conservative presidents, but . . .
The advantage IS great enough to guarantee
we will not always have liberal presidents
thrust upon us.
2008 – Obama vs McCain by State
Obama (blue) won 28 states
McCain (red) won 22 states
(All U.S. MAPS FOUND AT wikipedia.org)
2008 – Obama vs McCain by County
Obama = primarily POPULATION CENTERS (blue)
McCain = primarily MAIN STREET U.S.A. (red)
In these few
blue areas,
Obama
garnered
9.5 million +
more votes
than McCain!
BLUE =
LIBERAL
Population
Centers
2000 – Bush vs Gore by State
Bush (red) won 30 states
Gore (blue) won 20 states
2000 – Bush vs Gore by County
Bush = primarily MAIN STREET U.S.A (red)
Gore = primarily POPULATION CENTERS (blue)
In these
VERY FEW
blue areas,
Gore garnered
.5 MILLION
MORE VOTES
than Bush!
BLUE =
LIBERAL
Population
Centers!
The important protections of the
Electoral College are all undone by NPV
Would you have been delighted
to have Utah’s electoral votes go
to Al Gore in 2000?
Would you have delighted to
have Utah’s electoral votes go to
Barack Obama in 2008?
IF THE ANSWER IS “NO”
WE MUST DEFEAT NPV (National Popular Vote)
NPV People will tell you the Electoral
College is preserved with NPV
• If we can’t use our Electors to our
advantage . .
• If we can’t use our electors to
express the will of our people . .
• If we must give away our electors
to big city voters in distant parts of
the country who care nothing of
Utah, our lands, or our citizens . .
Then it is, effectively, destroyed!
Only liberals will benefit from NPV, and yet . .
Senator
Howard Stephenson
Representative
Mike Noel
This year, 2 Conservative Republicans
have said they will sponsor
the National Popular Vote Compact.
NPV is backed by MAJOR FUNDING.
WHERE IS IT COMING FROM?
Books, Glossy Brochures,
Weekend Seminars at
Resort Hotels, paid
lobbyists coming to Utah
all over the country . . .
WHERE DOES THE
MONEY FOR ALL OF
THIS COME FROM?
GOOD QUESTION!
8 BLUE States + VERY BLUE Washington D.C. have
enacted the NPV Compact with 132 Electoral Votes!
When states representing 270 electoral votes
have entered the National Popular Vote Compact
It will take effect.
At that point, NPV WILL CAPTURE
EVERY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
IN FUTURITY!!
The NPV website says:
”. . ensuring that every vote in every state will
matter in every presidential election.”
If NPV is triggered it will have the effect of:
“. . ensuring that every vote in every state
OUTSIDE OF THE COMPACT will NOT
matter in every presidential election.”
ON THIS ONE POINT ALONE,
NPV IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND IMMORAL!!!
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