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Do you support these protests against Trump?

Do you support these protests against Trump?

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LogGrad98 said:
if you remove California from the mix then hillary did not win the popular vote. So Trump carried the popular vote in the other 49, in aggregate, while Clinton overwhelmingly carried the biggest single state.
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have any other convenient deletions? stats?
 
The question is ridiculously over-broad, but I still voted Yes. Voting No is for capitulators.
 
LogGrad98 said:
if you remove California from the mix then hillary did not win the popular vote. So Trump carried the popular vote in the other 49, in aggregate, while Clinton overwhelmingly carried the biggest single state.
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Does that really matter though in a popular vote system?

Does the votes from CA matter any less than votes from NY, GA or OK? If anything this makes the minority votes in places like CA, TX, UT and NY finally matter.
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
Kind of pointless. One thing I would like to see is a push to get rid of the electoral college and go to straight popular vote. Voter turnout in this country sucks, and a big reason is because people know that in a lot of cases, their vote just doesn't count. Popular vote makes every vote count and every voice heard.
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This. Always this.
 
BYE said:
They're doing it because they feel powerless. This empowers them. This is a part of the healing process, and it may last for a long time. Trump represents horrible, horrible things for the majority of this country (see Clinton's popular vote victory). Many minorities are very afraid, see post above. Now people are forced to accept Trump and what he stands for. The feeling is visceral. They or a friend may have experienced sexual assault first-hand, they may have a connection to Islam, they may be Latino, they may be any other minority that has been crapped on by Trump. Whatever the reason, these people are really hurting and feel strength together. The white males are scratching their heads. Signing out...
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Dont forget the handicapped. Trump did his best to offend almost everyone.
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
Kind of pointless. One thing I would like to see is a push to get rid of the electoral college and go to straight popular vote. Voter turnout in this country sucks, and a big reason is because people know that in a lot of cases, their vote just doesn't count. Popular vote makes every vote count and every voice heard.

Plus we could stop electing losers who get elected on the technicality of an outdated system.
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There already is such a movement, and 10 states, plus D.C., representing 165 electoral votes, have signed on...


https://actionsprout.io/39C3FE/thanks

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
 
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