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It's kind of hard to blame the people for Trump when the people didn't choose Trump. Between the structure of the Senate, House, and the Presidency, plus thing
by notfromhere 7y ago
It's kind of hard to blame the people for Trump when the people didn't choose Trump.
Between the structure of the Senate, House, and the Presidency, plus things like gerrymandering and voter suppression, how much influence does the voter even have?
- pg_is_a_butt 7y agoWe have guns.... that's the whole point of the 2nd amendment. You cowards were expected to fix this a long time ago. You're too busy eating cheeseburgers and shooting drugs. You're pathetic. You're already dead.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoWell, enough of the people must have chosen Trump because Hillary ain't president. Comments like this never get downvoted on Lib HN, yet are just as offensive to conservative readers as conservative comments are to liberal readers. I'd flag it if I could.
- notfromhere 7y agoThe people didn't pick Trump because we don't function in a presidential system where a) the people elect the president directly, b) the ballot functions on a one vote, one man principle. The president is elected by gaining enough Electors, whose voting totals do not correlate with the total amount of votes nationally for the president. Instead, the votes are weighed based on the state's congressional delegation and senators, which is based on a population proportion for the house and none of the senate. So some states have a higher impact on the EC total than others; for example, a voter in California has less marginal impact than a vote in Wyoming. The comment isn't wrong, and its pretty telling that modern conservatism is triggered and upset when facts are presented.