Posted on 09 November 2016 - 01:56 PM
More people in this topic need toBEND
THEIR
KNEE
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 02:45 PM
Unshift wrote
Hexus wrote...
and yeah, the electoral college would be perfect if it wasn't a winners take all
No son you are thinking of the senate. The popular vote is literally just who has the most votes overall. That's how the election should be- the person with the most people voting for them wins. The Republicans don't want to overturn the current rigged system, however, and it's not just because of winner-takes-all.
The electoral system isn't entirely based off population, as each state gets two extra electorates just for being a state. Now, this doesn't seem like much, but think of it like this. A state like California has 53 electorates that are based off its population. So 53 electorates go in for the Democrat, since they win that state. They then get the 2 extra electorates for being a state, and these are split between the 53 electorates based on population. Thus, each voter in California gets a vote worth ~1.04 votes towards the winner of the state. Now, take a really low-populated state in the Midwest, for example Idaho. That has 2 electoral votes based on population, and 2 more for being a state. So, the portion of the that state's vote that comes from population is only 50%. In other words, the vote of each voter there counts for TWO votes towards the state's winner. In other words, the votes of people who live in smaller states count for more. And, who always wins all the small Midwestern states? Republicans! Adding all those up, with the opinions of Western Republicans counting for two or more votes and those of people in large Democratic states counting for hardly over one, it's clear the Republicans have a bit of an advantage. Not THAT much of an advantage, but in close races like this, that small advantage is enough to decide the election like it did for Trump.
And it will never get repealed until the Democrats control the house, senate, and oval office, because of this advantage.
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 02:47 PM
Rememebr that time HillaryGot tons of famous people
Bought tons of negative ads
Prepared hours for the debate
and then got curbstomped?
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 02:53 PM
NaomiBliss wrote
Unshift wrote...
No son you are thinking of the senate. The popular vote is literally just who has the most votes overall. That's how the election should be- the person with the most people voting for them wins. The Republicans don't want to overturn the current rigged system, however, and it's not just because of winner-takes-all.
The electoral system isn't entirely based off population, as each state gets two extra electorates just for being a state. Now, this doesn't seem like much, but think of it like this. A state like California has 53 electorates that are based off its population. So 53 electorates go in for the Democrat, since they win that state. They then get the 2 extra electorates for being a state, and these are split between the 53 electorates based on population. Thus, each voter in California gets a vote worth ~1.04 votes towards the winner of the state. Now, take a really low-populated state in the Midwest, for example Idaho. That has 2 electoral votes based on population, and 2 more for being a state. So, the portion of the that state's vote that comes from population is only 50%. In other words, the vote of each voter there counts for TWO votes towards the state's winner. In other words, the votes of people who live in smaller states count for more. And, who always wins all the small Midwestern states? Republicans! Adding all those up, with the opinions of Western Republicans counting for two or more votes and those of people in large Democratic states counting for hardly over one, it's clear the Republicans have a bit of an advantage. Not THAT much of an advantage, but in close races like this, that small advantage is enough to decide the election like it did for Trump.
And it will never get repealed until the Democrats control the house, senate, and oval office, because of this advantage.
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 03:30 PM
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ThatOneCombo wrote
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 04:09 PM
Archybot wrote
BEND
THEIR
KNEE
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 04:38 PM
Archybot wrote
BEND
THEIR
KNEE
i think we all have to bend over coz
WE
GON
GET
FUCKED
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 04:53 PM
Jinxful wrote
Shut the fuck up you America hater.
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 04:55 PM
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Zaptelus wrote
how did it come to that im guessing is that the elections were rigged so that actual good candidates lost the primaries
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 06:19 PM
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When you get home and have 66 notifacationsPosted on 09 November 2016 - 07:02 PM
Zaptelus wrote
Unshift wrote...
No he doesn't
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 07:22 PM
Idk I'm on my soccer team with many immagrants, mainly hispanic(I live essentially on the boarder), and they are rather devastated.Posted on 09 November 2016 - 07:26 PM
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SuperNeil64 wrote
Got tons of famous people
Bought tons of negative ads
Prepared hours for the debate
and then got curbstomped?
when winning the popular vote = curbstomped l0l
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 07:55 PM
ThatOneCombo wrote
SuperNeil64 wrote...
when winning the popular vote = curbstomped l0l
can it
Posted on 09 November 2016 - 08:03 PM
eZ win