Last chance to take back our Democracy - Elector Petition
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Wanting a regulatory body to install someone into presidency is the opposite of democracy in my opinion, and a good example of Orwellian newspeak that's become common in reference to the word democracy.
We don't care. No Trump. The electoral college needs to go anyway. There is no point to it unless they can step in and refuse to install a would-be despot.
I'm not saying Trump should stay or go. I'm saying the proposed mechanism of removing him is not democratic despite being called so by the petition makers, and I find the use of the term disingenuous. Regardless of what anyone thinks about him, he was democratically elected,unless proven election fraud occurred.
Democratically because of the electoral college votes? He did not win the popular vote. I live in a red state. My vote basically amounts to nothing due to the EC because this state trends toward the right. Our election process isn't democratic. It wasn't really intended to be, either. That is why we don't go by popular vote. Our leaders never have and do not trust the unwashed masses to make these decisions. Didn't quite work out this time.
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Not a Trump supporter, not that it really matters, but I agree with Peppermint, an election is an election - not that I've really looked into what is being purposed here, but the system isn't bad just because the wrong party wins.
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What I mean is this, address the flawed system and try to do something about it. Don't wait for the shit to hit the fan.
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What I mean is this, address the flawed system and try to do something about it. Don't wait for the shit to hit the fan.
This has nothing to do with party. This has everything to do with someone with little understanding of the Constitution and laws, who has massive conflicts of interest leading the US. There are also Republicans who do not want to see Trump as president. There are Republican members of the electoral college refusing to cast a vote for him. According to the Constitution, the EC is well within their right to not elect Trump if they believe he is unfit.
Well it is kind of pointless. I voted knowing Trump would win my state and our EC vote, anyway. It's just kind of funny the EC was created to prevent someone unfit like Trump from getting elected, but it was also what won him the election.
Nobody is crying. I'm talking about the way our political process actually works. If you have anything meaningful to say, feel free to post. Otherwise, get bent.I'll send this truck around to team Clinton:
It's a pictorial comment on people going way too far out on a limb, and ending up in a heap afterwards.Nobody is crying. I'm talking about the way our political process actually works. If you have anything meaningful to say, feel free to post. Otherwise, get bent.
Going after the electoral college immediately AFTER an election in a serious way is worrying. It's as though people are literally going a little coo-coo from desperation and denial.
