No, Republicans haven’t “used” the electoral college to overturn the popular vote, that’s just how our election system works. I’m all for getting rid of the electoral college, but until then, this is the system we’re stuck with.
I mean, to split hairs here, republicans (democrats as well, they just never succeeded in an electoral over popular victory) intentionally target specific areas with campaigning and funds in order to “use” the electoral system to secure the w, so they have used it, but they’ve used it to overrule the popular vote, not overturn.
Altho depending on who you ask there was some fishy shit with Bush IIRC so that could be overturn. I don’t know anything about that tho so no clue the veracity of that.
The point is, it’s not cheating or doing anything nefarious—it’s just intelligent strategy. Don’t hate the party, hate the system.
The 2000 presidential election is different. Florida’s vote tallies were contested because they were so close. There was a recount that was also vey close and ultimately the Florida supreme court made a ruling in favor of Bush and gave him Florida’s electoral votes. This was all technically legal, but very unusual, and what made it even fishier was the fact that Bush’s brother (Jeb Bush) was governor of Florida at the time. That’s why a lot of liberals felt Bush “stole” that election.
No, Republicans haven’t “used” the electoral college to overturn the popular vote, that’s just how our election system works. I’m all for getting rid of the electoral college, but until then, this is the system we’re stuck with.
I mean, to split hairs here, republicans (democrats as well, they just never succeeded in an electoral over popular victory) intentionally target specific areas with campaigning and funds in order to “use” the electoral system to secure the w, so they have used it, but they’ve used it to overrule the popular vote, not overturn.
Altho depending on who you ask there was some fishy shit with Bush IIRC so that could be overturn. I don’t know anything about that tho so no clue the veracity of that.
The point is, it’s not cheating or doing anything nefarious—it’s just intelligent strategy. Don’t hate the party, hate the system.
The 2000 presidential election is different. Florida’s vote tallies were contested because they were so close. There was a recount that was also vey close and ultimately the Florida supreme court made a ruling in favor of Bush and gave him Florida’s electoral votes. This was all technically legal, but very unusual, and what made it even fishier was the fact that Bush’s brother (Jeb Bush) was governor of Florida at the time. That’s why a lot of liberals felt Bush “stole” that election.
Yes, the electoral system works in favor of republicans. Just like gerrymandering is technically illegal but nobody’s going to do anything about it.