It is not skeptical to assume that the popular vote is not the popular vote. Yes, the rules of the electoral college mean that there exists a defined combination of states that allow one to rule without popular mandate.
It does not change the fact that Trump does not have a popular mandate by the governed. In fact, it illustrates the conflict between the electoral college and the popular desires.
It also illustrates that if one group can exploit it, so can another. Eventually that will be its destruction - when the more powerful political parties realize their opposition will use the sam tricks, they often disable and destroy that which will be foisted against them.
It does not change the fact that Trump does not have a popular mandate by the governed. In fact, it illustrates the conflict between the electoral college and the popular desires.
It also illustrates that if one group can exploit it, so can another. Eventually that will be its destruction - when the more powerful political parties realize their opposition will use the sam tricks, they often disable and destroy that which will be foisted against them.
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