02-21-2019, 12:55 AM
(02-21-2019, 12:45 AM)Benton Wrote: The last two Republican candidates lost their first bid at being POTUS by the popular vote, but still assumed office.
Sure, maybe that's a coincidence. Or maybe it's just a reflection that the system doesn't genuinely reflect the will of the people.
It does seem to matter a bit more with the power people have given to the Executive branch. When the POTUS is going to claim he's authorized to use executive actions because he's working off the will of the people... but the same guy lost the popular vote... it's kind of silly.
No what’s silly is that you have zero concept to why we use the electoral system. It’s also silly to believe that a few highly populated metropolitan areas should decide on a President that represents the entire country. This is the United States of America...not United States of New York and California. The more heavily poplulated states have more House members and as such have more electoral votes. If you do not like the system move somewhere else or just quit complaining about something that is not broke and works exactly as the creators of the system intended.
