To: dynachrome
presidents who clearly lost the popular vote
Because we are a Union of States, the overall popular vote is irrelevant in presidential elections. The popular vote PER STATE is the one identified in The Constitution.
14 posted on
12/19/2016 4:45:07 PM PST by
TomGuy
To: TomGuy
Yes, it is 50 individual elections, one must win more of them than the other.
I like to use a baseball analogy, the team that scores the most runs overall in the World Series is not the winner. The one that wins the most games is.
18 posted on
12/19/2016 4:50:02 PM PST by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
To: TomGuy
“Because we are a Union of States, the overall popular vote is irrelevant in presidential elections. The popular vote PER STATE is the one identified in The Constitution. “
Jaillary won California by something like over 4 million votes (probably half of which were cast by illegals) where Trump never even bothered to campaign. Take out California and Trump won the popular vote.
39 posted on
12/19/2016 5:25:06 PM PST by
Castigar
To: TomGuy
People living in isolated geographical areas are at much greater risk of having their needs ignored than people who are bunched up together in a populated city. The extra electoral power is needed to balance out that risk.
48 posted on
12/19/2016 5:37:27 PM PST by
JediJones
(We must deport all liberals until we can figure out what the hell is going on.)
To: TomGuy
"presidents who clearly lost the popular vote "
H-> never got a majority of the votes. So what?
56 posted on
12/19/2016 6:05:41 PM PST by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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