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jg10003

(976 posts) Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:58 AM Nov 2020

If trump wins it will be the 6th time that someone lost the popular vote and won the EC, and

3 of the 6 will be in the last 20 years. There is a fundamental flaw in the structure of our government. the constitution must be changed or the United States will fall apart like the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia.

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If trump wins it will be the 6th time that someone lost the popular vote and won the EC, and (Original Post) jg10003 Nov 2020 OP

Don't forget he'd be the first to win twice while losing the popular vote twice. NYC Liberal Nov 2020 #1

The difference is Donnie is the first candidate to have a deliberate minority strategy unblock Nov 2020 #2

NYC Liberal

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1. Don't forget he'd be the first to win twice while losing the popular vote twice.

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Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:01 AM

Nov 2020

A disgrace.

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2. The difference is Donnie is the first candidate to have a deliberate minority strategy

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Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:07 AM

Nov 2020

He never really tried to get support from a majority of the people. In fact his strategy was to rile up a preferred minority against the majority of the country based on bigotry and sexism.

Previously, the electoral college was viewed as a silly and arbitrary was to break virtual ties. It was wrong, but not very wrong if the 2nd place candidate was very close.

It's very different when the popular vote loser wasn't even trying for that. That stinks of minority control, as in apartheid South Africa.

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