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Originally Posted by whell
The author of that article is just as brainless as you are. The US citizens never have directly elected the president, so the premise of that article, as well as your comments, are meaningless.
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So it doesn’t matter a fucking bit to you how this ridiculous country has been the only democracy on earth where the candidate who the majority of the voters wanted isn't always the winner.
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It’s the day of the presidential election. You go to the polling place, proud to exercise your rights and have a voice as an American citizen. The volunteer hands you a ballot, where you can cast your single vote for president.
But then you notice the volunteer hands the voter next to you three ballots. Three.
Wait — what?
No, it’s not clandestine voter fraud, it’s how our electoral college works. Except that you are a voter in one of 21 states in the nation that has only one-third, or even less, of the voting power of the lesser populated states in the nation, or a voter in another 20 states that have less than half of the voting influence on the Electoral College.
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Trump became president in 2016 because the votes of millions of Americans didn't actually count. If California had the number of Electoral College votes it would have if the US House seats and the Electiral College votes were actually determined by a proportional count of the population of each state, Hillary would have won the Electoral College vote in a landslide.
Are you aware, Mikey that in this fucked up country, it's theoretically possible for a Presidential candidate to win the office with 23% of the popular vote?
How To Win The Presidency With 23 Percent Of The Popular Vote