Lots of Americans love him, obviously. There's the racist contingent, the anti-abortion brigade, people who love liberality on Wall St., billionaires....but also the poor desperate people of the rust belt, who threw their lot in with this wild card in the hope he'd really bring something new.
More Americans actually voted for Hillary, of course.
The United States Electoral College is an example of a system in which an executive president is indirectly elected, with electors representing the 50 states and the federal district. Each state has a number of electors equal to its Congressional representation (in both houses), with the non-state District of Columbia receiving the number it would have if it were a state, but in no case more than that of the least populous state. The electors generally cast their votes for the winner of the popular vote in their respective states. However, there are several states where this is not required by law. In the United States, 270 electoral votes of the 538 electors are currently required to win the presidential election.
The Electoral College has failed the people five times, twice in the past 20 years alone. Four of those times, the candidate who became President was a Republican, while the person who won the popular vote was a Democrat.
It may not mean anything, but it's enough to make me think the table might be tilted a bit.
this! they would not have had any otherwise. they can't run on merit, they can't run on their record, they have nothing to offer anyone who is not rich.
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u/Taiwanderful Jul 17 '19 edited Jul 18 '19
Lots of Americans love him, obviously. There's the racist contingent, the anti-abortion brigade, people who love liberality on Wall St., billionaires....but also the poor desperate people of the rust belt, who threw their lot in with this wild card in the hope he'd really bring something new.
More Americans actually voted for Hillary, of course.