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The Irony: Trump supporters now mad about the way the electoral college works
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:51 pm
After the election, trump supporters derided the left for protesting the electoral college and hillary winning the popular vote citing that it was its the way the system works and everyone knew this going in.
Now, it appears trump supporters are irate over the way the system works. The faithless elector is part of the electoral college system. And there have been more instances of the faithless electors than of an electoral college/popular vote split.
furthermore, trump supporters are mentioning civil unrest, taking up arms, etc, if the electoral college result is changed due to faithless electors. The same thing they critiqued the left on.
Its fricking hysterical. Sorry to interrupt your melt.
For the record, I do not think this is going to be thrown to the house due to faithless electors. Nor do I think it should. But I do find this quite amusing.
Now, it appears trump supporters are irate over the way the system works. The faithless elector is part of the electoral college system. And there have been more instances of the faithless electors than of an electoral college/popular vote split.
furthermore, trump supporters are mentioning civil unrest, taking up arms, etc, if the electoral college result is changed due to faithless electors. The same thing they critiqued the left on.
Its fricking hysterical. Sorry to interrupt your melt.
For the record, I do not think this is going to be thrown to the house due to faithless electors. Nor do I think it should. But I do find this quite amusing.
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Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:52 pm to Hawkeye95
Melt harder
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:52 pm to Hawkeye95
quote:
Now, it appears trump supporters are irate over the way the system works.
Are they? Or are they mocking/deriding prog efforts to undermine the legitimate results of the vote?
Take off your prog colored glasses
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:52 pm to Hawkeye95
Trump won....do not give a frick.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:52 pm to Hawkeye95
Uhh.... what??
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:53 pm to Hawkeye95
I'll be fine with it if I can choose my electors. Show me where the electors names are on the ballot.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:53 pm to Hawkeye95
Faithless electors isn't how the system works.
You can count the faithless electors over the centuries with your fingers and toes.
They're more rogue actors than anything else.
You can count the faithless electors over the centuries with your fingers and toes.
They're more rogue actors than anything else.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:53 pm to Hawkeye95
Who cares.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:53 pm to Hawkeye95
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:53 pm to jamboybarry
quote:This
mocking/deriding prog efforts to undermine the legitimate results of the vote?
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:53 pm to The Boat
quote:This.
Faithless electors isn't how the system works.
You can count the faithless electors over the centuries with your fingers and toes.
They're more rogue actors than anything else.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:54 pm to Hawkeye95
Are you still pretending to have voted for Gary Johnson?
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:54 pm to jamboybarry
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:54 pm to Hawkeye95
quote:
The faithless elector is part of the electoral college system. And there have been more instances of the faithless electors than of an electoral college/popular vote split.
When you say "more instances", do you mean instances where they have had a profound effect? Or just some contrarians here or there? I am, admittedly, ignorant on this topic. But it sounds like the faithless elector would be more"going against the system" than demonstrating an intentional aspect of it.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:55 pm to Hawkeye95
Hawkeye95 thinks someone hacking the DNC and podesta emails and releasing them is worse than someone throwing a million 2 year old babies off the empire state building
HOW frickING DARE THEY EXPOSE RIGGING! -Hawkeye95
HOW frickING DARE THEY EXPOSE RIGGING! -Hawkeye95
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:57 pm to The Boat
quote:
Faithless electors isn't how the system works.
sure it is.
quote:
You can count the faithless electors over the centuries with your fingers and toes.
Actually you can't. There have been 157 faithless electorals.
You can count on one hand the number of times that the popular vote/eclectoral college was split.
quote:
They're more rogue actors than anything else.
Faithless electors were part of the design of the electoral college.
Continue your melt.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:57 pm to Hawkeye95
Show us where the EC was intended to allow electors to be harassed and threatened if they don't become "faithless".
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:57 pm to Hawkeye95
I, for one, am not upset at how the system works. I'm upset that electors can be influenced by political parties who are bent on undermining the election.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:57 pm to Hawkeye95
I wish you would have said "some Trump supporters" 
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:57 pm to Hawkeye95
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Its fricking hysterical.
What's hysterical is that your dog in the hunt got the hell run over and you're now groping to find a way to get over her death.
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