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2016 Postmortem

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)

8. We Need To Do Away With It

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 06:48 PM

Nov 2016

The person with the most votes should win, that is the case in an vote anywhere other than our presidential elections.

This was not a nail biter popular vote either, Hillary is up over 2 million. And she loses? Totally BS.

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Just for the Record, Every Popular Vote, Electoral Vote Split has Fucked the Democrat [View all] louis c Nov 2016 OP

the EC is an antiquated joke JHan Nov 2016 #1

I hope Democratic Party requests a constitutional amendment. Score 2020. yeoman6987 Nov 2016 #2

It'd be a waste of time. Bob41213 Nov 2016 #14

Of course. LisaL Nov 2016 #3

In the 1800's we would have been radical left rebublicans MattP Nov 2016 #4

Actually louis c Nov 2016 #7

It will never change. Most people have accepted that fact. davidn3600 Nov 2016 #5

Well, if everybody just accepted the facts, women would still be not able to vote to this day. LisaL Nov 2016 #10

There is another way that doesn't involve a constitutional amendment Statistical Nov 2016 #13

then again, billymike Nov 2016 #6

We Need To Do Away With It colsohlibgal Nov 2016 #8

Our party was founded specifically because we won the popular vote and lost the EC Tiggeroshii Nov 2016 #9

And it keeps on happening. LisaL Nov 2016 #11

Well, it has started happening again. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2016 #12