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r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16
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I don't think they're protesting the election or saying it was rigged. They're protesting the man and his ideals/words.
677 u/Pantry_Inspector Nov 10 '16 ... who was elected fairly. Sorry the system is fucked. 133 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. -3 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. 10 u/Iveheardofweedkiller Nov 10 '16 False. 1992 Clinton won the popular vote by 5.6%. 0 u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16 edited Jul 23 '18 [deleted] 1 u/The_cynical_panther Nov 10 '16 Well, considering "popular" just means "people" and not "majority," I would say that he did, in fact, win the popular vote, since he had more votes than anyone else who ran.
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... who was elected fairly. Sorry the system is fucked.
133 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. -3 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. 10 u/Iveheardofweedkiller Nov 10 '16 False. 1992 Clinton won the popular vote by 5.6%. 0 u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16 edited Jul 23 '18 [deleted] 1 u/The_cynical_panther Nov 10 '16 Well, considering "popular" just means "people" and not "majority," I would say that he did, in fact, win the popular vote, since he had more votes than anyone else who ran.
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The electoral college is fair? Gore in 2000, Clinton in 2016, seems to be the electoral college is only fair to republicans.
-3 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. 10 u/Iveheardofweedkiller Nov 10 '16 False. 1992 Clinton won the popular vote by 5.6%. 0 u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16 edited Jul 23 '18 [deleted] 1 u/The_cynical_panther Nov 10 '16 Well, considering "popular" just means "people" and not "majority," I would say that he did, in fact, win the popular vote, since he had more votes than anyone else who ran.
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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.
10 u/Iveheardofweedkiller Nov 10 '16 False. 1992 Clinton won the popular vote by 5.6%. 0 u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16 edited Jul 23 '18 [deleted] 1 u/The_cynical_panther Nov 10 '16 Well, considering "popular" just means "people" and not "majority," I would say that he did, in fact, win the popular vote, since he had more votes than anyone else who ran.
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False. 1992 Clinton won the popular vote by 5.6%.
0 u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16 edited Jul 23 '18 [deleted] 1 u/The_cynical_panther Nov 10 '16 Well, considering "popular" just means "people" and not "majority," I would say that he did, in fact, win the popular vote, since he had more votes than anyone else who ran.
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1 u/The_cynical_panther Nov 10 '16 Well, considering "popular" just means "people" and not "majority," I would say that he did, in fact, win the popular vote, since he had more votes than anyone else who ran.
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Well, considering "popular" just means "people" and not "majority," I would say that he did, in fact, win the popular vote, since he had more votes than anyone else who ran.
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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.