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Sent.
Poland9322 Posts
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DickMcFanny
Ireland1076 Posts
On November 09 2016 09:48 Plansix wrote: OMG, because that isn't how we elected the commander and chief. The President isn't supposed to be elected by popular vote because it would give to much power to the urban centers while removing power from the less populated states. We are a collection of tiny governments overseen by one larger, but limited government. Ah yes, I remember that argument. 'The crisis of democracy', when the wrong people get to vote. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
On November 09 2016 09:52 Sent. wrote: Sooo who was that guy who allegedly tried to shoot Trump yesterday? Was he want-to-be-famous-crazy or need-to-save-my-country-crazy? Or was it a false alarm? Are you talking about the guy who was just lifting a sign? Then almost got strangled to death by Trump fans? | ||
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JinDesu
United States3990 Posts
On November 09 2016 09:52 Sent. wrote: Sooo who was that guy who allegedly tried to shoot Trump yesterday? Was he want-to-be-famous-crazy or need-to-save-my-country-crazy? Or was it a false alarm? False alarm. Was holding a Republicans Against Trump sign. Someone called that a gun. | ||
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12486 Posts
You really shouldn't be able to play with our world like that though :/ | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On November 09 2016 09:52 Sent. wrote: Sooo who was that guy who allegedly tried to shoot Trump yesterday? Was he want-to-be-famous-crazy or need-to-save-my-country-crazy? Or was it a false alarm? He was a protester holding a "Republicans against Trump" sign. Someone else yelled gun. I don't think that was yesterday, though, so maybe something happened I missed. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On November 09 2016 09:48 TheYango wrote: What happened to your post-debate loss of faith? What has he done since the debates to restore your shattered faith in his ability to act effectively as an administrator? I think he's bad. My impressions after the debated never went away and I'm very disappointed with him. That said, imo Hillary is worse. For me it went Trump being a 6 and Hillary a 2, to Trump being a 3-4 and Hillary being a 2.5-3. | ||
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biology]major
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Grettin
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On November 09 2016 09:52 DickMcFanny wrote: Ah yes, I remember that argument. 'The crisis of democracy', when the wrong people get to vote. There are likely thousands of articles and papers written on the subject. But the long and short of it is that a straight popular vote would disenfranchise a lot of the states. The president is an important role in the government, but gets far to much attention considering how powerful the legislature is(elected by pure popular vote). In reality, state governments have more impact on the general population. | ||
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Introvert
United States5007 Posts
PA, WI, IL prob lost. IL for sure. And there are some important house races. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
If you’re puzzling at the results in Virginia — more than a fifth of precincts are reporting and Trump leads by more than 10 points — don’t expect an upset there just yet. There’s still a ton of the vote left to report in Northern Virginia, specifically the heavily Democratic Washington D.C. suburbs. I guess I'm not the only one freaking out about Virginia | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
On November 09 2016 09:53 JinDesu wrote: False alarm. Was holding a Republicans Against Trump sign. Someone called that a gun. They should have picked a slogan with a better acronym. | ||
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