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Joe Bagadonuts said:
You and I agree that the election should be based on popular vote. Your proposal about using electoral unless it disagrees with popular is bizarre, though. Why have electoral in that circumstance?
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Actually his proposal was to get rid of the electoral college/votes. He just said that if that couldn't happen then use the popular vote if its a certain amount more than the winner of the electoral college.
 
Boris said:
The way I read most of this popular vote nonsense is getting rid of every state, local, an city government.
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You read it wrong.

We are simply talking about electing the president. not governors, mayors, senators, congressmen or whatever else you think is being discussed.
 
Stoked said:
Carter. But let's get honest here I don't see the Ds upsetting incumbents either. Reagan, Clinton, Bush Jr. and Obama all got re-elected.. Carter and Bush one are the last two incumbents to lose.
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Bush jr won his first election when there was no incumbent running. Clinton was in for two terms and the presidency was open. He did lose the popular vote though.
 
Changing from electoral votes to popular votes wouldn't really make much of a difference. It would just make much more sense, be less confusing, and make our country look less stupid.

Roosevelt, jfk, clinton, reagan, etc would have still won the presidency. Bush would have lost (would have been nice not to go to war with iraq... maybe 911 never happens and the middle east isn't as bad and maybe there are less terrorist organizations out there and less terrorist attacks) and trump would have lost. (I think in a few years we will all wish he would have lost)

Seems like the country would be better off if we went with the popular vote.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Bush jr won his first election when there was no incumbent running. Clinton was in for two terms and the presidency was open. He did lose the popular vote though.
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My point was that incumbents usually win regardless of party. An incumbents defeat has only happened 2-3 times in the last 100 years. So it's not a party specific problem.
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...c66362-ab69-11e6-a31b-4b6397e625d0_story.html

An excerpt from a conversation between Trump and Bannon:

Last November, for instance, Trump said he was concerned that foreign students attending Ivy League schools have to return home because of U.S. immigration laws.

“We have to be careful of that, Steve. You know, we have to keep our talented people in this country,” Trump said. He paused. Bannon said, “Um.”

“I think you agree with that,” Trump said. “Do you agree with that?”

Bannon was hesitant.

“When two-thirds or three-quarters of the CEOs in Silicon Valley are from South Asia or from Asia, I think . . . ” Bannon said, not finishing the sentence. “A country is more than an economy. We’re a civic society.”
 
Siro said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...c66362-ab69-11e6-a31b-4b6397e625d0_story.html

An excerpt from a conversation between Trump and Bannon:

Last November, for instance, Trump said he was concerned that foreign students attending Ivy League schools have to return home because of U.S. immigration laws.

“We have to be careful of that, Steve. You know, we have to keep our talented people in this country,” Trump said. He paused. Bannon said, “Um.”

“I think you agree with that,” Trump said. “Do you agree with that?”

Bannon was hesitant.

“When two-thirds or three-quarters of the CEOs in Silicon Valley are from South Asia or from Asia, I think . . . ” Bannon said, not finishing the sentence. “A country is more than an economy. We’re a civic society.”
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lol
 
the irony of Steve Bannon's white supremacy is that he's got to be the ugliest mother****er I've ever seen in American politics
 
Stoked said:
My point was that incumbents usually win regardless of party. An incumbents defeat has only happened 2-3 times in the last 100 years. So it's not a party specific problem.
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My point was Bush Jr is the answer to his question. Unless I was reading it wrong.
 
fishonjazz said:
Changing from electoral votes to popular votes wouldn't really make much of a difference. It would just make much more sense, be less confusing, and make our country look less stupid.

Roosevelt, jfk, clinton, reagan, etc would have still won the presidency. Bush would have lost (would have been nice not to go to war with iraq... maybe 911 never happens and the middle east isn't as bad and maybe there are less terrorist organizations out there and less terrorist attacks) and trump would have lost. (I think in a few years we will all wish he would have lost)

Seems like the country would be better off if we went with the popular vote.
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Can't states vote to split electoral votes along the lines of popular vote?
 
dalamon said:
the irony of Steve Bannon's white supremacy is that he's got to be the ugliest mother****er I've ever seen in American politics
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same holds true for the genetic car-crash that is David Duke
 
dalamon said:
the irony of Steve Bannon's white supremacy is that he's got to be the ugliest mother****er I've ever seen in American politics
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It's funny, because (right or wrong) I always think of him and George Soros as counterparts from Trump and Hillary's sides. And I mean...

BN-BN754_george_E_20140214173717.jpg
 
franklin said:
Can't states vote to split electoral votes along the lines of popular vote?
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Idk if they can. Whether they can or cant, i think that the electoral college should be scrapped.
 
franklin said:
Can't states vote to split electoral votes along the lines of popular vote?
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Not sure TBH. Maine and Nebraska allow the EC votes to be split based on their congressional districts. Takes it to a scale even smaller than the state. This is how the President Elect picked up 1 EC vote from Maine
 
Computer said:
Why are you so concerned with looks? You sound like a racist.
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you gotta love me ripping on white supremacists being hilariously ugly, and Hack immediately coming to their defence.


Rather.....interesting.
 
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