View Poll Results: Do you support the Electoral vote or Popular vote?

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  • Electoral vote

    28 87.50%

  • Popular vote

    4 12.50%
  1. 11-11-16 04:56 PM #1
    GunShard
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    Do you support the Electoral vote or the Popular vote?

    4th time in US history president elect lost the popular vote.
    http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-...110-story.html

    Hillary Clinton has the most votes at 60,467,601 votes.
    Donald Trump has the least votes at 60,072,551 votes.
    Votes are currently still being counted.

    If the presidential voting system relied on the Popular voting system instead of the Electoral voting system. Al Gore and Hillary Clinton would have won their elections.

    Discuss.
    Last edited by GunShard; 11-11-16 at 05:02 PM.
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  2. 11-11-16 05:00 PM #2
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    He would've won either way.

    People would've come out in droves if it was a popular vote. And, you best believe, we would be busting the illegals and all that voting fraud.

    Trump is the president. Nothing more to say. He'll likely go down as one of the greats, I'm sure they're already discussing a place for him on Mount Rushmore.
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  3. 11-11-16 05:05 PM #3
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    I prefer the method where the candidate that I like wins.
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  4. 11-11-16 05:16 PM #4
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    i agree with the one poster that votes might have been different if it was decided on popular vote.

    he said that more people would vote (i agree) but some of those in non-swing states (at least 35 states) might vote differently because now their vote might affect the result. right now they just make a statement vote...

    hard to say which way it would swing. but by looks of election result probably trump.

    what surprised me is i thought trump did have more support than thought but that people would go for "the devil they know" at last second... but they didn't. if anything it went the other way.
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  5. 11-11-16 05:28 PM #5
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    You could rephrase the question: Do you understand the constitution?
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  6. 11-11-16 05:35 PM #6
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    Has to be electoral
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  7. 11-11-16 05:36 PM #7
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    Popular vote is pure shiate
    LA, NY , Miami, Chicago , Philly would settle every election.
    The electoral is more of an overall since it doesn't allow 5 cities to rule an entire country. It shows as a whole this is the best candidate taking into effect all walks of life.
    That's why the electoral is setup like it is for electing a President.
    It's already hard enough with California with 55 and New York with 29 to overcome, that's 25% needed for an electoral before it even begins with only 2 states .
    That shows you just how bad Clinton was though of .
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  8. 11-11-16 05:37 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post

    Trump is the president. Nothing more to say. He'll likely go down as one of the greats, I'm sure they're already discussing a place for him on Mount Rushmore.
    His face will be on the $1 Million Dollar Bill too.
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  9. 11-11-16 05:41 PM #9
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    I agree on what The Giant said.... I believe if everyone's vote Truly mattered... Trump would of edged her in the Popular vote.
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  10. 11-11-16 05:43 PM #10
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    The electoral vote has to be the one supported, because that is the rule. That's how the parties campaigned, to win states and electoral votes. That HAS to be what is observed.
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  11. 11-11-16 05:45 PM #11
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  12. 11-11-16 05:48 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by MoMoneyMoVaughn View Post
    I prefer the method where the candidate that I like wins.
    Basically the answer most people would mask behind some sort of rationalization.
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  13. 11-11-16 05:48 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by daneblazer View Post
    The sculpter had trouble capturing the essence of his hair.
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  14. 11-11-16 05:50 PM #14
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    most people crying about the EC have no idea what it would take to do away with it

    almost impossible with the present make-up in Wash DC
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  15. 11-11-16 10:17 PM #15
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    popular vote would be a joke candidates would live in the big cities
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  16. 11-11-16 10:23 PM #16
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    The fact that this is even a question in our Country, is mind boggling. Not saying anything bad towards you for asking it, as it has been a discussion. But, it's obvious why the Electoral College is needed.
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  17. 11-12-16 12:01 AM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by daneblazer View Post
    put him in and take mass murder abraham lincoln the fuk out
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  18. 11-12-16 12:31 AM #18
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    Everyone already said why the EC matters here....but I would actually break down the states even more kinda like how Maine does it

    Maybe do it the way they do the primaries so certain cities don't dominate the whole state
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  19. 11-12-16 12:37 AM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by daneblazer View Post
    Why stop there? There's room for 3 more of his faces, fuk those other nobody's. I'm all for his face taking up the middle two then his hands on both sides. Just make sure they aren't too small.
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  20. 11-12-16 01:47 AM #20
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  21. 11-12-16 03:13 AM #21
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    Apparently Trump is against the Electoral voting system:
    "The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy." -Donald Trump
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...38556504494082
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  22. 11-12-16 05:35 AM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by GunShard View Post
    Apparently Trump is against the Electoral voting system:
    "The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy." -Donald Trump
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...38556504494082


    The comments Wonder how many of those people are bitching about the EC now? Probably 50%
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  23. 11-12-16 05:38 AM #23
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    He was just a guy on twitter then, who cares. Politicians contradict themselves literally 100's of times a year. You fukks really love to grasp at straws. It's over, deal with it.
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  24. 11-12-16 07:10 AM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by thetrinity View Post
    popular vote would be a joke candidates would live in the big cities
    Can't get anymore big city than Trump.
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