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What a ridiculous thing to say. I think the popular should matter more then the electoral vote because it represents what the people want. I live in a county that has the same population as the whole state of Montana. Montana gets 3 electoral votes, yet my state with almost 6 million get 10 electoral votes.
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There have been plenty of candidates in both parties that have run in Congressional districts they do not live in. Ossoff has stated he intends to move into the district and currently lives 10 minutes from it.
this isnt a white house discussion, this is a discussion on who the people support, Being in the white house doesnt meant he people support you, it means the system we have in place allowed you to be elected.
The majority of people who voted, 52%, still voted against Hillary.
The numbers do not lie, obfuscate, avoid or blur the full story. For those who are tallying; Pres Trump campaigned in 90% of the states, Mrs Clinton 74%.
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DAYS AS A CANDIDATE (ON ELECTION DAY):
CLINTON: 576
TRUMP: 512
RALLIES/SPEECHES HELD (IN 2016):
CLINTON: 278+
TRUMP: 302 PLACES CAMPAIGNED:
CLINTON: 37 states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico
TRUMP: 45 plus Washington, D.C. and Mexico and Scotland
FUNDRAISERS ATTENDED:
CLINTON: 350+
TRUMP: 50-60
MONEY RAISED:
CLINTON: $502 million
TRUMP: $258 million
PRESS CONFERENCES OR MEDIA AVAILABILITIES (IN 2016):
CLINTON: 25 (each ranging from 2.5 minutes to 25 minutes in length)
TRUMP: 22 (last full press conference was July 27)
There have been plenty of candidates in both parties that have run in Congressional districts they do not live in. Ossoff has stated he intends to move into the district and currently lives 10 minutes from it.
Jon Ossoff, the Democrat all of Hollywood has thrown 10's of millions behind in Georgia's special election to seat Price's old seat, doesn't even live in the district he is running for????
At least he lives closer than Liz Cheney when she was going to run for Wyoming Senate after living in DC pretty much her entire life.
I will say I am not a fan of running out of district in general- I believe someone did this a couple of years ago in Va or Ca as well. But at least in this case he has a past in the district and is literally spitting distance away. Its not as odd as RFK or Hillary running out of NY. We recently had someone run for mayor of my city who everyone suspected was out of district. She live on a barrier island/beach 20 minutes away with the most expensive zip code in the state. For residency she claimed a condo/townhouse in the far annexed area of the city that was probably worth $110k and was on a road know as traffic hell. It just stretched credibility to imagine one moving from one to the other.
How does a person run for a seat in a district they don't live in?
Jon Ossoff, the Democrat all of Hollywood has thrown 10's of millions behind in Georgia's special election to seat Price's old seat, doesn't even live in the district he is running for????
He grew up in the district.... But has not and does not live there, for the last 12 years. The district Ossoff wants to represent covers Atlanta’s wealthy suburbs. Ossoff attended Paideia, an Atlanta private school. His mom runs a SuperPAC and his dad a publisher.(the 1%)
How can this make sense? Well it is what it is.
In Georgia, they do not have to live in the district they want to represent.
What is it that bothers you about him? That he lives 10 minutes outside the district? That he wants to help the district progress into a high tech economy? That Hollywood may have donated to his campaign because he is CEO of a company that makes award-winning films exposing corruption around the world?
That it covers wealthy suburbs--do you think he'll care too much about the wealthy? Tom Price represented the same district, took tons of money from pharmaceutical companies and is now Sec. of Health trying to help the wealthy and destroy Medicare and Medicaid. Did you complain about him?
The GOP better hope the guy wins, or the next film his company produces exposing corrupt politicians may star Donald J. Trump.
There are plenty of cases when someone running for Congressional office doesn't live in the district from both parties. In this case Ossoff lives about 10 minutes from the district.
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