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> And democracy means majority rules. As simple as that. Popular vote totals: 62,984,825: Trump 65,853,516: Clinton Vote weights, per state, due to the elect

> And democracy means majority rules. As simple as that. Popular vote totals: 62,984,825: Trump 65,853,516: Clinton Vote weights, per state, due to the electoral college: https://theconversation.com/whose-votes-count-the-least-in-the-electoral-college-74280 https://theconversation.com/whose-votes-count-the-least-in-t... Also of course there are things like gerrymandering and voter suppression to consider. Democracy is a pretty complicated mess.

pound 9y ago
That's not about democracy per se, that's electoral college/states specifics. Still democracy in general is exactly "majority rules". In democratic society of 100 people opinion of 51 would be enough to trump and ignore whatever remaining 49 want.
gaius 9y ago
Oh please give it a rest with the “popular vote” crap. Everyone knew the rules, and the very good reasons behind them. And we all know perfectly well that all this CA outrage would be a complete non-story if the other side had used them.