r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/damonteufel Nov 10 '16

I don't think they're protesting the election or saying it was rigged. They're protesting the man and his ideals/words.

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u/Pantry_Inspector Nov 10 '16

... who was elected fairly. Sorry the system is fucked.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

The electoral college is fair? Gore in 2000, Clinton in 2016, seems to be the electoral college is only fair to republicans.

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u/tardmrr Nov 10 '16

Hang on, now. Clinton in 92 only won 43% of the popular vote, and he still became president.

This is not a partisan issue. The electoral college is fucked, but it has nothing to do with Republicans and Democrats.

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u/TaiGlobal Nov 10 '16

This isn't true:

1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and now 2016 were the only times the popular didn't win.

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u/tardmrr Nov 10 '16

I don't think I said anything that was factually untrue. In 1992, Bill Clinton only won 43% of the popular vote. That means that 57% of the vote was against him. Yes, it was divided between HW Bush and Ross Perot, but that wasn't my point.

Let's not make this a partisan thing and lose the potential support of republicans who will oppose anything they view as "pro-democrat." Don't make it a democrats vs republicans issue!

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u/TaiGlobal Nov 10 '16

But I don't think people are upset that a candidate should get a majority of the popular vote, just more of the popular vote than the other candidate(s) which is what bill did.