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How so? By what mechanism does electing Governors and Senators by state-wide popular vote raise an "out-there" party's chance of winning?
Well, we ended up with a white supremacist President in 2016 by the electoral method of electing the President. That's worse, right?
So you understand that the electoral method of electing the President is senseless. I'm glad to hear it--I thought you were trying to defend the electoral method. It does cause terrible problems--as noted, voter apathy (due to people knowing beforehand to which candidate their state's electoral votes will be cast), vote wasting, and the less popular candidate winning the office.
As you have so well demonstrated, it is impossible to defend the electoral method of electing the President.
If there are three mainstream parties that are fairly close and one weirdo party it could split"
Calling Trump a white supremacist is kind of ridiculous in my opinion. (p.s. and I voted Hillary)
It's pretty obvious the EC keeps candidates focusing on a few states. Here, we don't usually have too many presidential campaign adds because it's pretty much a given Indiana will go Red. When it went Blue eight years ago, it was a total shock, and an investment that paid off for Obama as he campaigned here like no other presidential candidate I've seen.
I still think his "don't boo, vote!" was an absolutely brilliant move on his part. I don't doubt without his speaking skills, he wouldn't have had the huge victory the first time or a second term.
He's been sued over discrimination in employment at least twice, as well as switching out black dealers in his casinos with white dealers depending on clientele. His practices are disgusting, and that's just what's documented and on paper.
Thats the thing, they will focus on the states they think they can win. If a candidate thought they could swing California or Texas they would, just like if Florida was a landslide for one side every year for one side, then it wouldn't be the close state election after election. It isn't shocking for Florida to lose/win for a candidate by one percent or less. It is strange though, Hillary lost a ton of counties there by a lot, she literally got the popular vote from the populace areas.
I'm positive that if it were the other way around that if Trump won majority and not the electoral I would still question a system where majority voice doesn't matter.
Of course you would.
Generally speaking, rural areas are more Conservative while bigger cities are more Liberal. Florida, Indiana, Texas, Washington...rural areas are good for Republicans while metropolises are good for Democrats.
No. The people in those states should not have their vote counted anymore or less than those in any other state. And it should actually count. Me, out of the four presidential elections I've voted in now, my vote literally only counted during one of those elections. It helped to give Hillary the popular vote this year, but Indiana and Kentucky where the first states called, called for Trump, and, once again, my vote is worthless.
No one gave Trump the election. In fact, great powers in the media & in both parties were arrayed against him.
What I meant was misrepresentation of the public opinion by the EC. I agree that much about Trump.
An individual? No it is against pretty much all the candidates and the system itself. I would ***** the same if Hillary had been elected. This was pretty much unavoidable *****ing on my part.
He's a politically incorrect business opportunist for sure. I can see him matching the race of the dealer with the clientele for business reasons especially favoring attractive white females as dealers. But that is different to the white supremacist claim I was challenging.
Misrepresentation?
