Beet
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« on: December 02, 2016, 07:30:51 PM » |
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« edited: December 02, 2016, 07:32:28 PM by Beet »
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Trump won, but my faith in American democracy as a fair system is shattered. We've known for years that due to geographical concentration, gerrymandering, and the nature of the Senate, the system was rigged against cities at the state and Congressional levels. But at least we could look to the presidency as the one, fair Highest Office, where the winner reflected the popular vote.* Now we realize that we have no recourse-- literally none. There is no level of government that we can fairly compete for. This is a tremendous disappointment.
* Sure, there was 2000, but from Democrats' viewpoint, Gore should have been the winner in Florida, so the popular vote and electoral vote winners were the same. Also, the margin -- 500,000 -- was relatively small compared to 2.5-3 million. And the Electoral College margin was razor thin 271-266. The controversy was over the Florida count, and the courts handing it to Bush. And 1888 was so long ago -- the franchise hardly even existed in some parts of the country -- that it could be dismissed as another age.
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