The Electoral College Was Designed to Prevent Trump.

[Winehole23]

The House Democrats needed just one Senator to challenge, and couldn’t get one (reminiscent of Gore gaveling down the Congressional Black Caucus when they wanted to challenge election 2000 as seen in Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 911). So, moving into “Watch what they do, not what they say” mode: (1) Democrat talk of Trump being a “fascist” is just that, talk; (2) Democrat talk of Trump not being “normal” is just that, since they just normalized him; (3) Democrat “resistance” will be carefully cir scribed indeed. From the 30,000 foot view, if I take Democrat talk seriously, the only logical end game is Trump’s removal from office via some sort of coup, probably a soft one (impeachment; resignation). That’s what the hilariously backfired push for “faithless electors” was all about; that’s what painting Trump as treasonous is all about. After all, one doesn’t delegitimize an opponent for fun, but to take power. But when push comes to shove, as it did here, the Democrats don’t and won’t throw a punch (and will offer only the most milquetoast “fight back” rhetoric, which we’ve heard a thousand times before, because they’re always “fighting” and never winning; see “Our First Stand,” below). So I can only conclude that I shouldn’t take Democrat talk seriously, which would be fine, except millions of well-intentioned voters are doing just that, and experiencing real fear and anxiety (at the physiological level, as in sleep and stomach problems, and (costly) psychiatric sessions). What does the end game look like when you deploy strategic fear management — tensions at the level of a casus belli, or a change in the Cons utional order — so successfullly to millions of voters and yet offer no real relief? I don’t know. I mean, I don’t know aside from liberal goodthinkers cashing in on the clicks and the book deals.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/01/links-1817.html

[CosmicCowboy]

The Democrats have three of the six states with the most electoral votes locked up in their favor every four years without even having to work for it. California (55), New York (29) and Illinois (20) are all solid blue. They used to have Pennsylvania and their 20 electoral votes on lock too, until Cankles choked that away this year

Meanwhile, of the top six states, the Republicans only have Texas (29 votes) on lock, while Florida (29 votes) is a swing state.

Claiming that the Electoral College is a "disadvantage" to Democrats is just ridiculous. It doesn't hand you an automatic win every four years like a pure popular-vote system would, but it's also nowhere near the obstacle you're claiming it to be. It certainly didn't stop Obama from running up the score on McCain and Romney.

True

They just can't get over what a ty candidate Hillary was. Trump was terrible but she was even worse.

[boutons_deux]

They just can't get over what a ty candidate Hillary was. Trump was terrible but she was even worse.

How's that Trash and Putin taste?

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How's that Trash and Putin taste?

Like shaved pussy.

Trash ordered all ambassadors to be back on American soil by the time he takes the oath.

C'mon, home, the high life is over.

[mavsfan1000]

Like shaved pussy.

Trash ordered all ambassadors to be back on American soil by the time he takes the oath.

C'mon, home, the high life is over.

[boutons_deux]

Forget 'imperial' California: Donald Trump only won the Electoral College thanks to Appalachia

Many conservatives profess a newfound love for a system that they claim supposedly protects us from an “imperial” California unfairly imposing its will on the rest of America, never mind that it was originally intended to empower slave states.



The above map shows what the Electoral College outcome would have been if the large cultural region of Appalachia composed a single populous state like New York that spanned from Alabama to Pennsylvania instead of being divided 11 ways

Under these redrawn state lines, Trump would have just barely won a 280-258 majority of Electoral College votes nationally. His 0.2 percent margin in Michigan would have been the state to put him over the top.

As shown below, the hypothetical state of Appalachia favored Trump by a 33.8 point landslide, an even larger margin than Hillary Clinton’s 30-point win in California;

indeed, Appalachia would have been Trump’s fourth-best state after Wyoming, Oklahoma, and North Dakota.

Consequently, its 26 electoral votes would have been indispensable for Trump’s victory because without them, Clinton would have won more electoral votes, 258 to Trump's 254.

Excluding their heavily Republican Appalachian regions, Clinton would have captured the rump states of Georgia by 0.9 percent and Pennsylvania by 13.1 percent.

Clinton even came within just 0.3 percent of winning North Carolina’s 14 remaining electoral votes, which would have handed her an Electoral College victory even if we included Appalachia.

If we removed Appalachia from the election entirely, Clinton’s national popular vote margin doubles from 2.1 percent to 4 points.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/0...28Daily+Kos%29

What will Trash do for his conned voters in Appalachia? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

[SnakeBoy]

If we removed Appalachia from the election entirely, Clinton’s national popular vote margin doubles from 2.1 percent to 4 points.

Let's create a state that doesn't exist and then remove it to show how great Hillary would have done if she didn't suck so bad.

[DMC]

Forget 'imperial' California: Donald Trump only won the Electoral College thanks to Appalachia

Many conservatives profess a newfound love for a system that they claim supposedly protects us from an “imperial” California unfairly imposing its will on the rest of America, never mind that it was originally intended to empower slave states.



The above map shows what the Electoral College outcome would have been if the large cultural region of Appalachia composed a single populous state like New York that spanned from Alabama to Pennsylvania instead of being divided 11 ways

Under these redrawn state lines, Trump would have just barely won a 280-258 majority of Electoral College votes nationally. His 0.2 percent margin in Michigan would have been the state to put him over the top.

As shown below, the hypothetical state of Appalachia favored Trump by a 33.8 point landslide, an even larger margin than Hillary Clinton’s 30-point win in California;

indeed, Appalachia would have been Trump’s fourth-best state after Wyoming, Oklahoma, and North Dakota.

Consequently, its 26 electoral votes would have been indispensable for Trump’s victory because without them, Clinton would have won more electoral votes, 258 to Trump's 254.

Excluding their heavily Republican Appalachian regions, Clinton would have captured the rump states of Georgia by 0.9 percent and Pennsylvania by 13.1 percent.

Clinton even came within just 0.3 percent of winning North Carolina’s 14 remaining electoral votes, which would have handed her an Electoral College victory even if we included Appalachia.

If we removed Appalachia from the election entirely, Clinton’s national popular vote margin doubles from 2.1 percent to 4 points.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/0...28Daily+Kos%29

What will Trash do for his conned voters in Appalachia? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

This is some anorexic . If your mother sucked for just 10 more seconds you'd not have been born. There are a lot of ifs running around. Good luck living with them.

[TeyshaBlue]

Let's create a state that doesn't exist and then remove it to show how great Hillary would have done if she didn't suck so bad.

Kos-worthy tbh.

[boutons_deux]

The Appalachian poor, like white poor Trash voters everywhere, won't get from Trash and the Repugs, and will get screwed more. Inequality will get much worse, which means the poor getting poorer.

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The Appalachian poor, like white poor Trash voters everywhere, won't get from Trash and the Repugs, and will get screwed more. Inequality will get much worse, which means the poor getting poorer.

You got your ass kicked, daddy. Ain't nothin' gonna change that.

ha.

[spurraider21]

Booboo... This is among your most embarrassing shares, and that's saying something

[z0sa]

rural areas have an excess of non-proportional representation in the Senate.

It is almost like that is part of a centuries old compromise.

Didn't you know?¿