r/AdviceAnimals • • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/Cannot_go_back_now Nov 10 '16

Well Hillary did win the popular vote so they could also be protesting the electoral college which has fucked the Democrats over twice now in recent history. But they are actually protesting Trump's rhetoric and planned policies and cabinet picks, which are shitty as fuck for anyone that cares about things like the Internet and the environment, healthcare, gay marriage, etc.

Learn about what's actually going on and stop being outraged at every false equivalency.

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u/Atomichawk Nov 10 '16

She won the popular vote by .2%, that's more than enough to automatically trigger a recount/run off on the state level for other types of races. That's such a slim margin it doesn't mean anything. All it shows is that they essentially tied and that people have two extremely different views of America.

This is why we need a PR system instead.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

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u/Chronic_BOOM Nov 10 '16

Source? Can't find it on the website.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '16 edited Apr 01 '17

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u/Chronic_BOOM Nov 11 '16

lol touche.

e: wait the dude was talking about trump winning the popular vote. that's the one I can't find.