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The Republicans have delivered results, especially with the economy, and democrats offer only resistance to the administration, and policies that delivered those results.
No. Right now its how the democrats are acting.
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You should because Trump is not going to win solely based on the Electoral College again.
Are you being dismissive of the 3 million more votes HRC received?
What? lol! The electoral college is what determines who wins the presidency.
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Right. It's still a concept. Like the right to free speech, and the right to assembly.
It's a concept. That's written into the constitution. Because way back then, counting the popular vote was impossible.
lol! It's not a concept. A concept is an idea in the works of becoming reality. Electoral College has been a reality and an actual constitutional amendment since 1804. That's 214 years.
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I am 100% fine with one man one vote. That many more people live in certain states is fine with me - the state doesn't vote, the people vote. I don't see why people who live in populous states should have much less power than people in very very rural states. That is the height of unfairness, IMHO.
lol! So, in your thinking, you are ok with LA, San Fran and other places with a high population electing our president? This is the beauty of the electoral college....small states like Delaware and Vermont a say.
Let us not be disconsolate over the increasing control of the court system by the right wing.
The courts have never been on the side of justice, only moving a few degrees one way or the other, unless pushed by the people. Those words engraved in the marble of the Supreme Court, "Equal Justice Before the Law," have always been a sham.
No Supreme Court, liberal or conservative, will stop the war in Iraq, or redistribute the wealth of this country, or establish free medical care for every human being. Such fundamental change will depend, the experience of the past suggests, on the actions of an aroused citizenry, demanding that the promise of the Declaration of Independence--an equal right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--be fulfilled.
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No. Right now its how the democrats are acting.
What? lol! The electoral college is what determines who wins the presidency.
lol! It's not a concept. A concept is an idea in the works of becoming reality. Electoral College has been a reality and an actual constitutional amendment since 1804. That's 214 years.
lol! So, in your thinking, you are ok with LA, San Fran and other places with a high population electing our president? This is the beauty of the electoral college....small states like Delaware and Vermont a say.
Yes. I don't know how many times I have to say it.
That seems MUCH more fair than allowing people who live in densely populated areas much less voting power. Just because you're 2 miles from your nearest neighbor, you shouldn't have twice the voting power as people who live in crowded regions.
If you have a less densely populated state, IMHO, you should have equal say per capita as any other area of the country.
And anyway, the senate more than adequately compensates for states with fewer people. Each state gets two senators, whether they are Montana or California. That's more than enough compensating, IMHO.
lol! It's not a concept. A concept is an idea in the works of becoming reality. Electoral College has been a reality and an actual constitutional amendment since 1804. That's 214 years.
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