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NYmag: Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President Antibody Jan 03, 11:38

Donald Trump just blew up the electoral college map. Trump received 304 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton's 227. TJNFL1 Jan 03, 12:05

"Don Jr. told a friend that his father, or DJT, as he calls him, looked as if he had seen a ghost. Melania was in tears—and not of joy." {nm} Antibody Jan 03, 12:27

neither did the 2,864,974 more voters who had their choice subverted by the Electoral College {nm} slipping jimmy Jan 03, 12:27

"Blew up" is more willful ignorance from him. Trump won the electoral college by 200k votes in 3 states. {nm} Moviesnob Jan 03, 13:01

So more libs voted in CA. Big deal. Look at the battleground states where they both campaigned and spent billions. DanU Jan 03, 15:47

weirdly, no other western democracy has an electoral college and the candidate who gets the most votes from the entire population wins {nm} slipping jimmy Jan 03, 15:49

As the United States, all states should have a say, not just the most populated ones. DanU Jan 03, 16:00

If he didn't care about the popular vote, then why did he claim non-existence voter fraud and form a comission, which he just dissolved. Antibody Jan 03, 16:08

I said he didn't run to get the popular vote. They both ran to get the 270 Electoral votes College votes. DanU Jan 03, 16:16

As the book pointed out, Trump actually ran to lose and start his own TV channel. {nm} Antibody Jan 03, 16:25

i suspect almost everyone on this board cares less about the process and more about the outcome {nm} Moviesnob Jan 03, 16:12

the electoral college was a concession to the slave states to give them outsized influence versus the urban northern states. democracy is slipping jimmy Jan 03, 16:15

If you wanna blow up the system. Fine by me but let's do it before hand instead of ****ing after the fact. {nm} DanU Jan 03, 16:18

it's not a new complaint. everyone has known what a joke the electoral college is since 2000 {nm} slipping jimmy Jan 03, 16:19

Sucks when Al Gore can't even win his home state...hehe I remember the "complaining". DanU Jan 03, 16:22

lololol, overturning the expressed will of the people {nm} slipping jimmy Jan 03, 16:24

Still serves an important purpose. A little protection from 10% of counties dictating to 90%, 17% of states dictating to 33%, 10% of land PhoneHome Jan 03, 17:46

elections express the will of actual voters, not land acreage. "one person one vote" is the constitutional standard. the most votes win. {nm} slipping jimmy Jan 03, 17:52

No, the Electoral College is the constitutional standard. See article above on Electoral College. {nm} TJNFL1 Jan 03, 19:02

If the outcome was different, you could point out that only 27% of the eligible voters voted for your opponent Moviesnob Jan 03, 18:42