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originally posted by: Tempter
I voted for Trump because everywhere I look I see the country being taken over by people from Mexico or South America, aka illegals.
Yes, I want this country to stay a majority white, because I think that majority white countries are better off. There's no denying that fact, really.
Call me a racist, I don't care. It is what is is.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
The majority of people in the majority of counties in the majority of states. . . voted for Trump.
Haters?
Time to get over it.
If you don't like Trump, just vote for someone different in 2020.
originally posted by: projectvxn
originally posted by: headorheart
originally posted by: projectvxn
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: whyamIhere
More people did not support Trump, than that did.
In California.
Clinton received 65,844,610 votes, or 48.2% of the total vote.
Trump received 62,979,636 votes, or 46.1% of the total vote.
Yes. The vast majority of those in California.
This is why we have an electoral college.
originally posted by: theantediluvian
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: chr0naut
You may want to check a county by county breakdown of 2016, and rethink that particular statement...
Here's a map for you.
Why would he want to check the county by county breakdown exactly? He said "the rest of the country" right? I'm assuming he was referring to people.
The reason she lost was because she ignored fly-over country, the South, and rural America.
That's one way of looking at it. Another way would be that the EC gives rural voters disproportionate sway, rigging the system in favor of the candidate who panders hardest to the minority living in the most sparsely populated areas.
Consider this fun fact:
Rural areas cover 97 percent of the nation’s land area but contain 19.3 percent of the population (about 60 million people)
What is the justification for this electoral affirmative action? Why does my vote for president count 1/3 as much as the vote of somebody living in Wyoming?
originally posted by: okrian
Yes, I'm well aware that you enjoy a system where some uneducated hick living in the middle of nowhere casts a vote that is worth more than mine.
originally posted by: theantediluvian
That's one way of looking at it. Another way would be that the EC gives rural voters disproportionate sway, rigging the system in favor of the candidate who panders hardest to the minority living in the most sparsely populated areas.
originally posted by: theantediluvian
What is the justification for this electoral affirmative action? Why does my vote for president count 1/3 as much as the vote of somebody living in Wyoming?
originally posted by: headorheart
a reply to: DBCowboy
That is why I said I don't like the electoral college and its a personal opinion. I understand why it exists. As a voter though it is very frustrating to want to exercise my right to vote, and know that is does not count, at least in the past.
Maybe I should move
That's one way of looking at it. Another way would be that the EC gives rural voters disproportionate sway, rigging the system in favor of the candidate who panders hardest to the minority living in the most sparsely populated areas.
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
originally posted by: theantediluvian
That's one way of looking at it. Another way would be that the EC gives rural voters disproportionate sway, rigging the system in favor of the candidate who panders hardest to the minority living in the most sparsely populated areas.
...as opposed to the system the left wants which grants sway to the candidate who panders most to the minorities living in the most densely populated areas, I presume?
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: whywhynot
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: whyamIhere
More people did not support Trump, than that did.
It’s a good thing that we abide by the Constitution that governs our republic. It doesn’t matter what the popular vote totalled.
Yeah, I know, right.
Did you also know that Trump has issued five executive orders that have been blocked because they are unconstitutional?
Hand on heart.
originally posted by: whyamIhere
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
originally posted by: theantediluvian
That's one way of looking at it. Another way would be that the EC gives rural voters disproportionate sway, rigging the system in favor of the candidate who panders hardest to the minority living in the most sparsely populated areas.
...as opposed to the system the left wants which grants sway to the candidate who panders most to the minorities living in the most densely populated areas, I presume?
Which leads to caravans of unwanted migrants.
originally posted by: carewemust
Stock market closes up over 600 points. Number one story at Fox News.
No mention whatsoever on CNN and MSNBC.
If it had closed down 600 points it would have been the lead Story on those anti America terrorist Networks.
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: okrian
Uneducated hick, eh?
Seems you think that that "hick" (your word) isn't your equal.
Seems they're equal to me, just more of those "hicks" voted for the other guy... Maybe Ms. Clinton should have actually campaigned, rather than await her "deserved" coronation?
Ignored fly-over country, most of the south, and rural America, where all those "hicks" live...and, as a result, lost.