11-13-2016, 08:52 PM
(11-13-2016, 08:34 PM)samhain Wrote: People who lose always hate the EC. Trump thought he was going to lose and he bashed it. Clinton lost and her supporters want it revisited. Regardless, it doesn't matter. It's how the rules are drawn up and they knew it going in.
Jesus, can you imagine the reaction from Trump supporters if some legislative body with actual power reversed the election in favor of Hillary? After he'd just won the election fair and square? We'd have a war in the streets. The absolute last thing this nation needs right now.
No one here disagrees with that. The thing is, we've even had discussions about the EC before this. I've been involved with discussions ever since I knew what the EC was and how it worked about how it is an antiquated system and should be gotten rid of. And the 2000 election was before I could even vote. I don't think we should change what occurred with this election, but I think we need to have a serious conversation about the electoral processes in this country. Not just in relation to the EC, but for all of it.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
