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rzemanfl

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26. You would rather have under 80,000 people in THREE STATES
Sun Dec 4, 2016, 08:17 PM
Dec 2016

decide to give us Trumpanus? WTF? (With all due respect).

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I agree. It needs to be forced to the House of Reps. roamer65 Dec 2016 #1
Chaos would likely ensue etherealtruth Dec 2016 #2
The popular vote shadowrider Dec 2016 #7
Clinton won the popular vote in the US and US terrtories by Approx 2.5 million votes etherealtruth Dec 2016 #10
The electoral college shadowrider Dec 2016 #12
My original post clearly stated that its the system we have and that changing the rules at the end.. etherealtruth Dec 2016 #15
No, it's not based on a national popular vote. But it should be. trof Dec 2016 #17
Actually, before the election Bettie Dec 2016 #18
It's not supposed to go to the other extreme, though. Aristus Dec 2016 #25
You would rather have under 80,000 people in THREE STATES rzemanfl Dec 2016 #26
I never said I agree with it. shadowrider Dec 2016 #28
"I really don't want two states to dictate who the President is going to be...." rzemanfl Dec 2016 #29
It's a topic worth of discussion n/t shadowrider Dec 2016 #30
The EC delegates from MI, WI, and PA are not going to vote for Hillary. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #3
Ok, so maybe they vote "their conscience" for Romney gulliver Dec 2016 #5
What makes you think 50 or so loyal Republican electors will abandon Trump? hrmjustin Dec 2016 #9
He's got to be making some of them nervous. gulliver Dec 2016 #11
I can see maybe 5-10 but he has 306 votes and he needs 270. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #13
I wonder if these "victory laps" aren't more about keeping the sale. gulliver Dec 2016 #16
I think you are right about these rallies. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #20
Those 5-10 will be made examples of as well. Calista241 Dec 2016 #21
I think you are right. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #22
They're republicans Bettie Dec 2016 #19
Will not happen.... Aviation Pro Dec 2016 #4
My hopes aren't up. gulliver Dec 2016 #14
Another civil war. briv1016 Dec 2016 #6
I seriously doubt it. Calista241 Dec 2016 #23
The extreme rise in hate crimes would suggest otherwise. briv1016 Dec 2016 #24
our best hope as a country is tRump madokie Dec 2016 #8
Do you think any Hillary electors could defect and vote for Bernie? MichMan Dec 2016 #27
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