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And they believe that because an egomaniac who can't handle losing with dignity has lied to them about voter fraud over and over again since his election day loss.

The GOP candidate has won the popular vote once since 1988. That's 7/8 presidential elections in which the democratic candidate has won the popular vote. And if GWB hadn't managed the electoral college vote in 2000 and been the incumbent in 2004, it probably would be 8/8 democratic. Given that, why is it so frickin' surprising that the democratic candidate won? The democratic candidate has received the most votes in all but one election over the last 28 years.

Trump lost by about 3,000,000 votes in 2016. After four years of pissing off a lot of people and motivating his opponents, he lost by 7,000,000 votes in 2020 - and the electoral college too. That's not surprising at all.

If anyone should feel disenfranchised, it's democratic voters in 2000 and 2016. In those elections, the collective voice of the people was ripped away by a controversial process that gives undue power to voters in swing states. I can only imagine how pissed off people here would be if Trump had won this election (by any margin, much less 7,000,000 votes) and had it stripped away by some back room voting in the electoral college. That's happened to the democrats twice in the last 20 years.

Trump did not win this election in any shape, form, or fashion. The polls leading up to the election favored Biden, the popular vote favored Biden, and the electoral college favored Biden - all by wide margins.

I'm not here to argue the politics of who's right and who's wrong about whatever issues you care about. It's irrelevant. The bottom line is you lost to a political party with a broader base and plenty of motivation.

You're indoctrinated deeply.

You don't comprehend "states" or the electoral college...

You want mob rule...that's your argument

Try to understand this board is full of people who have raised children and paid taxes for 30 , 40, 50 years...

You don't know what you don't know...

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Posted by Globetrotter747

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Posted on 1/9/21 at 7:41 am to ApexTiger

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You're indoctrinated deeply.

I'm an Alabamian who's an atheist, moderate, has voted for both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, has visited all 50 U.S. states, and has been to countries on all six inhabited continents.

I have such a narrow perspective compared to most people in this country.

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You don't comprehend "states" or the electoral college...

Yes, I do. The only reason you or anyone else on this board gives a shite about it is because it's the only thing that gives Republicans a chance to win the presidency. If it gave the Dems an edge, I can't imagine the bitching you would see on this board, especially with Trump as the GOP candidate.

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You want mob rule...that's your argument

I want everyone's vote to count the same. That's how we elect everyone else.

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Try to understand this board is full of people who have raised children and paid taxes for 30 , 40, 50 years...

I don't envy those who have raised children, and I don't envy those who are old enough to have paid taxes for 30-50 years either.

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Motivation to plunge into full blown socialism?

I said in my previous post that the issues are irrelevant. Everyone thinks they're right side of political issues. The point is Biden (regardless of his politics) won the election, and a strong dislike for Trump among Democrats contributed to it.

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Biden hid in his basement for almost a year. When he did emerge he couldn’t put 2 coherent sentences together. Then he picks the most unpopular Democratic candidate in the primaries as his running mate.

Says a lot for Trump, doesn't it? He lost the popular vote in 2016 to one of the most unpopular political figures in recent history, and he lost in 2020 to someone with the charisma of a corpse.

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Meanwhile Trump is holding multiple rallies a day with tens of thousands of enthusiastic people. It does not pass the eye test!

Trump loves rallies. It's his style. And I feel he and his fervent supporters cared a lot less about COVID concerns associated with large crowds than Biden and the Dems.

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Naw bud the electoral college is needed and working as intended.

People usually only support factors that help their cause. I would love to see your reaction in an alternate universe in which Trump wins the popular vote and loses the electoral college.

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