Flying Squid to politics • 1 year agoTrump Tells Supporters ‘Don’t Worry About Voting’ On Election Nightwww.mediaite.comexternal-linkmessage-square281arrow-up1930arrow-down124
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minus-square@BigBlackCockroachlink9•1 year agoIronically Hillary Clinton had 3 million more votes than Trump. Without electoral college it would have been a Hillary Presidency.
minus-squareGumbylinkEnglish8•1 year agoWe’ve had 6 presidential elections in the 21st century. The Republican candidate won the popular vote one out of those 6 times. Yet we’ve had 3 Republican Presidential terms resulting from those elections.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoYes, it doesn’t work as intended but political parties weren’t intended either
minus-square@BigBlackCockroachlink3•1 year agoI think it works as intended by those who put it in place.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoA lot of things brought in were done so because they didn’t know how to exploit it
Ironically Hillary Clinton had 3 million more votes than Trump. Without electoral college it would have been a Hillary Presidency.
We’ve had 6 presidential elections in the 21st century. The Republican candidate won the popular vote one out of those 6 times. Yet we’ve had 3 Republican Presidential terms resulting from those elections.
Yes, it doesn’t work as intended but political parties weren’t intended either
I think it works as intended by those who put it in place.
A lot of things brought in were done so because they didn’t know how to exploit it