@jeffw to politics • edit-21 year agoOne in 8 Republicans think winning is more important than election ruleswww.washingtonpost.commessage-square63arrow-up1555arrow-down122
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minus-squareGodlessCommielink19•1 year agoPopular vote has NEVER meant shit in this country, there was no popular vote to overturn because that not how elections are measured
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•1 year ago“Land votes not people, this is a good system” oh okay.
minus-squareGodlessCommielink9•1 year agoNo one has ever claimed it was a good system, it’s a system designed to work perfectly for the wealthy and the politicians they own
minus-square@orclevlink7•1 year agoThat’s also why the Senate exists, it represents the States which are a stand in for Nobility. It’s based on the UKs house of lords and house of commons. Congress represents the peasantspeople, while the Senate represents the nobilitystate.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoI’d say our voting method is rigged in favor of the duopoly, and the electoral college is rigged in favor of republicans.
Popular vote has NEVER meant shit in this country, there was no popular vote to overturn because that not how elections are measured
“Land votes not people, this is a good system” oh okay.
No one has ever claimed it was a good system, it’s a system designed to work perfectly for the wealthy and the politicians they own
That’s also why the Senate exists, it represents the States which are a stand in for Nobility. It’s based on the UKs house of lords and house of commons. Congress represents the
peasantspeople, while the Senate represents thenobilitystate.Because this system is rigged in favor of republicans.
*the system is rigged in favor of the duopoly
I’d say our voting method is rigged in favor of the duopoly, and the electoral college is rigged in favor of republicans.