Voysa Reezun
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Oh, I'm sure those states would get rid of it in exchange for something...
...like maybe black people's votes could only count for 3/5 of a regular vote. That could be a solution.
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Oh, I'm sure those states would get rid of it in exchange for something...
...like maybe black people's votes could only count for 3/5 of a regular vote. That could be a solution.
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Citizen_Insane
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Going to miss him so much 
Fox News: (Scrambles)
John Rabbit
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eh?
Ya Obama won twice.
4 times in history. The last time it failed before gore was over a hundred years before.
Obama had the popular vote.
methane47
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No... just... no
Electing the candidate to the presidency who won the popular vote is disenfranchising states?
Isn't this one country? Virtually everyone in California and New York and half of everyone else in the country should be beholden to the electoral college system?
That isn't disenfranchisement of states? The electoral college disenfraches liberal states and the popular vote disenfranchises conservative states. Why choose the inferior system that favors the party losing the popular vote?
Steeped in a Sea of Games
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That ending seriously almost felt like that Simpsons picture.
"Sorry everything sucks guys, but it's all your own fault. Now excuse me while I go have some drinks from a coconut with the little umbrellas in it in paradise."
"Sorry everything sucks guys, but it's all your own fault. Now excuse me while I go have some drinks from a coconut with the little umbrellas in it in paradise."
Bruce Springsteen
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Yes, in those cases the person who the voters picked won. How is that a failure?
What?
John Rabbit
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...because he won the popular and electoral votes. Bush didn't win the popular vote in 2000 and Trump didn't win in 2016, that's what people are referring to when they said the EC "failed".
Never with the spread of the last election, thouhg
DontBeThatGuy
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It's the idea of someone that voted for man who got smoked in the popular vote.
Or you can modify it so it aligns with the popular vote more since ever four years more and more people are going to become voters in the US which makes it more and more likely that the EC and PV diverge even more since these people will mostly be in highly populated areas.
Ziltoidia 9
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This about-face the right has done on Putin is astounding to me.
How was that a fail? He had both
OK, I legit lol'd
oreomunsta
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Man, I respect Obama so much, but this was disheartening...
The US needs so much more right now than a reminder to vote and for the press to tone it down
The US needs so much more right now than a reminder to vote and for the press to tone it down
Look what I was saying was in response to the guy that said it failed the citizens of america and I am saying that Republicans don't see their guy winning as a failure only Dems see it that way. Oh and I'm not interested in the popular vote because it isn't the win condition and imo doesn't matter.
Our next president is in the WWE Hall of Fame! Of course that's not a double.
Already Torn
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They would be super cool if he wasn't a monster
Lol by that logic the American system has been failing forever cause ppl have always had a losing candidate ...
I mean realistically we can't expect him to clean the country's mess in 30 days. He won't be here in the future to save any of us, that's on the electorate itself at this point.
So it failed every time since its existence? What is this lol
It was a joke ugh.
The right hates minorities and gay people more than anything.
Yes, this is precisely why the electoral college exists. Because we are one country, and it's important to listen to the states with fewer people and have their voices be heard.
This time, it failed Democrats and progressives throughout the nation. Reacting brashly and moving to abolish the electoral college would be a step in the wrong direction.
When an election doesn't go our way, the correct way to react is to not change the election system so it now always favors Democrats. It's to fight back within the existing political system that has defined our nation and push for Democratic change in the states where we failed.
John Rabbit
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Gotta give credit where credit's due - when Donald Trump makes a WWE appearance he doesn't do it halfway.
That entire WWE Trump arc will be so surreal in retrospect.
Imperfected
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I hope you get paid to do this schtick, because then you would at least reasonably be able to compartmentalize it as if you were an actor and have some quiet moments of real thought.
If you have to live like this all day long, I pity you.
Sarcasm was too smooth...
Air Zombie Meat
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They've been praising his "strength" for a while.
*millions* more americans voted for the candidate who lost. the system is a farce.
I wouldn't feel good about it if my candidate won by getting millions less votes. I'd still be saying we need to change it.
It'd be like if the cubs lost the world series after winning 4 games and everyone saying the cubs needed a better strategy. it's a farce
Of course the Republicans don't see it that way, it's only helped their side in recent history.
John Rabbit
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People posting that WWE gif like Trump hasn't been on TV almost every week for over a decade.
tedrotheredro
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lol, it was a Hawaiian phrase, and I believe it's "Merry Christmas".
The point is there was no failure. I do not see it as a failure if the popular vote winner doesn't become President. For some reason others think that and imo it's silly. The EC is all that matters win that you win end of story no failure there. A popular vote win condition means a different campaign.
"Death to America and suck my fucking balls, dorks. Allah up in this bitch. "
"Merry Christmas"
Apparently it was Hawaiian.
Was it though? A several post joke attempting to explain your joke and then realizing your complete failure of logic you decide to call it a joke?
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