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Practically untrue. A tight win indicates the country as a whole does not support your policies in any great way. A popular vote loss indicates even less support. That says legislators who wish to be reelected need to consider how much support to give the holder of the office.
I would think Trump will have a difficult time with virtually any policy issue. And any that requires legislation is likely doomed. The ability of the Senate Democrats to block without fear is given much support by the popular vote loss. Trump will have problems with both the Republicans and the Democrats. Over the next years we will see how good a deal maker he really is...
The country is divided . Nothing you can come up with except child abuse is bad will be agreed upon by all. Therefore, needing a mandate is pointless. Nobody gets a mandate anymore .
Obama won reelection with 51% of the vote.
The winner rules, without needing to consider the wishes of the losers any further than needed to make deals. The losers agenda is moot . They lost . By how much they lost is irrelevant .
I don't the largest population centers to determine the outcome of the election. The electoral college provides a balance because urban areas leans liberal and rural areas leans conservative. With that in mind, California and New York votes Democratic while Texas and other states like Nebraska and Kansas vote Republican.
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I used to be in favor of dumping it. Then I found out without it NY and CA can decide the elections. Don't want that, what a mess we would be in. Keep it!
I'm a moderate democrat, I voted Clinton and even I think we should keep it. It did its job here, we democrats just don't like the outcome and the fact that it did its job to elect a seemingly loony man.
That being said, if/when the day ever comes when the majority get really crazy, I really want the minority to have fair balance to have their voices heard. Also, someday the electoral college system might one day work to the benefits of us democrats. I suspect that we won't be so critical of it then.
In Nevada, the counties of Reno and Las Vegas votes blue. All the other counties votes red.
Nah. Clark votes blue. Reno is purple. The years long conspiracy in NV has been the rest against Clark. And Reno et al has been on the conspiracy side. I am trying to move Carson City (The State Capital) to Clark County. The rest of the state chose their side..now we should return the favor.
i imagine that if each party was allowed to have only one elector for each state it would be endless Republican administrations for all eternity.
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