12-01-2016, 07:59 PM
(12-01-2016, 07:09 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: The point, dear Rags, if you can possibly grasp it, is that the people did not vote for Trump. Last I checked, Californians were still part of the people, and our votes are part of the voting public. It is very significant indeed to point out that the people didn't vote for the scumbag, and he has no mandate at all. Still, some people will think that he does. This fact that Hillary Clinton was the person people voted for, should be trumpeted aloud constantly for the next 4 years.
Oh, I grasp it, OK. The US is a republic, not a democracy. The election rules pretty much state that Trump won, regardless of what the actual underlying election results garnered. So yes, you're correct that the "people" being the input to the box for the election voted one way, but how wins are counted, by "winner take" all get the other result. So... the Electoral College, the process is that got the actual results. It's sorta like the Senate, where low population Oklahoma has the exact same number of Senators as high population California. I think the composition of the Senate and the Electoral College are just 2 examples of attempting to prevent Tyranny of the Majority."
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