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Old 03-24-2018, 05:56 PM   #10941 (permalink)
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questionable when the candidate that received the most votes lost
Considering that no democratic constitution is written in a politic vacuum, and the electoral college was created to convince small states to ratify ours, I'd say it was a pretty clear result of the democratic process in a way. Throw in the American people's ignoring of gerrymandering and voting away our sovereignty couldn't be more democratic.

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and our representative make up doesn't reflect the majority will
If enough people are willing to vote for Donald Trump that he can get elected, then electoral college or no electoral college there is something very wrong with the human race.
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