Jussie Smollett

[Benton]

(02-21-2019, 01:02 AM)bfine32 Wrote: The arguments you have recently been presented aside:

None of that changes the fact that every candidate for POTUS knew exactly how we elected a President. Folks that continue to bring up popular vote are just being silly. It's sorta like: I realize that the Bengals beat the Bucs on the scoreboard, but the Bucs gained more yards...so the Bengals really didn't win. 

It's because both teams realized the winner was the one who scored the most points, not gained the most yards. 

Well, that's just a silly analogy. Hell, it's backwards, in terms of things.

In 2000 and 2016, Democrats scored the most points; Republicans gained the most yards. But the system is built around who gains the most yards.

Did they know how that was going to happen? Sure. And I care 0 about that. 

I don't like the two part system, mainly because both parties are reflective of the same ideals. The best hope at the moment is for a third party to gain significant traction by having reasonable solutions to things the majority of Americans care about.  The problem there is, even if someone were to mount a decent campaign with realistic solutions to spending, crime and the economy, they'll likely get beaten by the EC. 

Honestly, do you think the ideologies of the framers was to have a handful of special interests in control of the government?