RE: 2024 US Presidential Election
September 17, 2024 at 1:49 pm
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2024 at 1:53 pm by Ivan Denisovich.)
(September 17, 2024 at 1:44 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(September 17, 2024 at 1:39 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: The whole point is that he did lose them by getting less votes but was handed power by some shady group. Person who get less votes in presidential elections isn't usually called winner unless something deeply undemocratic happens.
The 'shady group' being large states with low populations? Maybe we're using different definitions of 'shady'? Mine is 'something of doubtful honesty or legality'. It's a bad way to run a national election, but that doesn't make it dishonest or illegal.
Shady group being Electoral College. But I use this as a shorthand. I don't really give a shit if trump presidency happened thanks to institutions, form of governance, peculiarity of voting system or anything else but I certainly do not consider someone getting less votes to be victor of elections. I see popular vote as paramount and results of it were clear.
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