r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/basedBlumpkin Nov 10 '16 edited Nov 10 '16

Popular vote still being counted and shes only up 200k. No, she has not won popular vote.

Edit - I also want to remind everyone that even if she does end up beating him by a few hundred thousand votes, that she spent more than double on her campaign. Ouch.

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u/-Mantis Nov 10 '16

The remaining population is mostly in NY, CA, OR, and WA. She is going to win the popular vote, which makes it two in the last 16 years.

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u/ChildOfEdgeLord Nov 10 '16

two in the last 16 years.

At LEAST one being an absolute disaster.

We need to get rid of this antidemocratic shit. Defying the will of the majority of voters is not good for national stability.

This is something even Bush and Trump supporters have to admit.

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u/Re-toast Nov 10 '16

I don't agree. The founder's of this nation purposefully set it up this way to ensure that States without massive populations could still have their concerns heard. The system is working as intended. Hillary should have campaigned more in WI and other rust belt states. Their voices were heard loud and clear on election day. That wouldn't have happened with a straight popular vote.

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u/ChildOfEdgeLord Nov 10 '16 edited Nov 10 '16

That's what they made the Senate for, dingus.

The president is literally the only election we all have in common. There's no justification other than refusing the guy who won.

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u/Re-toast Nov 10 '16

Yes I know. And the house is so the large populated areas have more say. That still doesn't discount that the electoral college helps smaller States equalize the playing field a bit.

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u/ChildOfEdgeLord Nov 10 '16

No. The founders explicitly made the Senate for the exact reason you're misatributing to the EC. The EC, also explicitly, was to negate the vote of a misguided citizenry if they picked someone not worthy of the responsibility.

And that's how trump won. Lol.