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Brexit And Trump Have Exposed The Left Crucial Flaw: Playing By The Rules by ValerianSteel(m): 11:48pm On Nov 20, 2016 |
........A prime example is unfolding right now. The final tallies of the election show that Hillary Clinton won at least a million more votes than Donald Trump. Oh well, shrug most Democrats: the electoral college is the system we have and, under those rules, we lost. True. But just imagine if Trump had won the popular vote by a seven-figure margin, only to be denied the presidency in the electoral college. Do we think he would have been a good sport and accepted it? http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/19/brexit-trump-left-crucial-flaw-leavers-alt-right-ruthlessness 2 Likes |
Re: Brexit And Trump Have Exposed The Left Crucial Flaw: Playing By The Rules by DozieInc(m): 2:08am On Nov 21, 2016 |
American politics sef, the electoral college is the decider of the winner of the elections, of what use is the popular votes in the presidential elections. |
Re: Brexit And Trump Have Exposed The Left Crucial Flaw: Playing By The Rules by Blue3k(m): 3:33am On Nov 21, 2016 |
DozieInc: Its never been used or mattered. It just used to gauge politicians mandate or how country feels. It wasn't even counted til 1800's. |
Re: Brexit And Trump Have Exposed The Left Crucial Flaw: Playing By The Rules by Nobody: 3:17am On Nov 28, 2016 |
If Trump had lost the EC but won the popular vote, I can bet with all my belongings that the Electoral College would have been repealed out of existence from the constitution within one year. The Republican Congress and a majority of state legislatures -- which are Republican-controlled -- would have taken up the task as an emergency. 1 Like |
Re: Brexit And Trump Have Exposed The Left Crucial Flaw: Playing By The Rules by 4Play(m): 9:16pm On Nov 29, 2016 |
ValerianSteel: I think this is really clutching at straws. No doubt Trump is a major league hypocrite who, had the outcome been the reverse re the EC/PV split, would have been screaming blue murder. However, in practice, it would not serve Clinton or the Democrats well to embark on histrionics regarding this. As far as Democrats playing by the rules, there are plenty of Bernie Sanders supporters who will beg to differ. |
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