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Well, 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

• notfromhere 7y ago
  The 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.