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We have the system we have. The rules have been laid out for centuries. According to our system, the will of the people is determined based upon electoral col
by downandout 10y ago
We have the system we have. The rules have been laid out for centuries. According to our system, the will of the people is determined based upon electoral college votes of individual states. Clinton strategists knew the rules, and they lost by the rules. Don't go trying to move the goal posts after you lose. This whole argument is yet another attempt to dismiss the opinions of a huge segment of the population, and is exactly the kind of stuff I was referring to as a reason you lost.
- rblatz 10y agoSee you seem to conflate the "will of the people" for the rules of the election. I'm not debating that Trump won, I'm debating that the will of the people was done. I also was not a Hillary supporter, but again the rules are basically set out in a way that means that no matter what this election a large segment of the population's views would be ignored. Turns out this time we went with the minority opinion and ignored the majority.
- downandout 10y agoMy point was that according to the rules, the "will of the people" is in fact the vote of the electoral college.
- dragonwriter 10y agoNo, according to the rules, the will of the people is irrelevant; the rules don't determine what the will of the people is, only whether it has any relevance to the outcome.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> According to our system, the will of the people is determined based upon electoral college votes of individual states No, according to our system -- conceived to protect slavery, and sold to New Yorkers as a protection against the people falling for a dangerous demagogue -- electoral college votes decide the outcome instead of the will of the people being respected. Not even in theory does the electoral college determine the will of the people.