Real Majority Rule

 I recently became a senior citizen.  The 2020 election season caused me to think about what the Democratic Party has done in my lifetime.  Below are those examples which stand out in my mind. First, during most of my pre-teen years, Democrat-run Southern states maintained racial segregation and restricted voting.  While they enforced racist laws, they didn't enforce their murder laws when it was committed by the KKK / racists against African-Americans.  (Some may ask: Didn't Congressional Democrats vote to end this?  When Congress voted on the  Civil Rights Act of 1964 : in the House, 80% of Republicans and 63% of Democrats voted yes; in the Senate, 82% of Republicans and 69% of Democrats.) In the late 1950's, as he prepared to run for president, Sen. John F. Kennedy promoted the myth of a "missile gap" (claiming the USSR had more nuclear missiles than the US.)  Wikipedia says this was false. In April 1961, the Kennedy administration pa...

Welcome readers. This blog is titled "Real Majority Rule" because of the serious legal limitations on putting majority sentiments into government practice. The creation of the United States as a nation - no longer under English colonial rule - was a step forward.  Yet, despite words such as "all men are created equal" and "inalienable rights," there have always been restrictions on rights such as voting.  Over time, some have been removed, some have been added, some have gone through ups and downs.. Today, the legal barriers blocking real majority rule include: • The Electoral College.  In 2016, the Electoral College gave the presidency to the candidate who lost the popular vote by almost 3 million votes.  Historically, in round numbers, the Electoral College has given the presidency to the loser of the popular vote about 10% of the time. • Each state gets two Senators regardless of population.  Wyoming has so few people it only gets one member i...