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ibegurpard

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7. This reminds me of the argument that Hillary won in 2016

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 02:23 AM

Feb 2020

No she did not. Our process is set up to award the most electoral votes. Is that fair? No it's not but as long as that's the process a campaign needs to work to get the necessary states and not just the votes in the few most populous states. Work to change it but that was the process going in. Don't rail against it after the fact.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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If Joe won the most votes, and loses the "delegates" vote in the General Election, will you be ok... [View all] JoeOtterbein Feb 2020 OP

People were not okay with Hillary winning the popular vote and losing the Electoral College. HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #1

+1000! nt JoeOtterbein Feb 2020 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #2

By "delegates", do you mean electors? democrattotheend Feb 2020 #3

Are you nuts? KPN Feb 2020 #5

I was not OK with it when it happened to Hillary or Al Gore. nt Sloumeau Feb 2020 #6

This reminds me of the argument that Hillary won in 2016 ibegurpard Feb 2020 #7

I cannot say that Trump won- because of the documented breach of election systems delisen Feb 2020 #15

There are no delegates in the General Election. OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #8

No there aren't ibegurpard Feb 2020 #9

Obviously. I doubt anyone of us is unaware of these facts given the catastrophe OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #10

Yup ibegurpard Feb 2020 #11

I take some moral comfort in knowing that HRC got many millions OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #12

Again yup ibegurpard Feb 2020 #13

Totally. OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #14

It happened with Hillary Sunsky Feb 2020 #16

I'd stamp my feet, blame the process and begin implying cover-ups. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #17