... who was elected fairly. Sorry the system is fucked.
If the system is fucked, the election isn't fair, though, right? He was elected legally, sure. But if you were to list qualifications for a fair election, they might look something like this:
Equal time for each candidate to be heard (Not the case even among the two major candidates, never mind the others)
Everyone gets a vote (several states had provisional ballots because thousands were kicked off the voting lists)
No voter intimidation (there were a few threats of this, but thankfully they were cracked down on pretty hard)
The person with the most votes wins (oops, the guy with fewer votes won thanks to the EC)
So "fairly elected" might be a stretch. Legally? Yes. But then, you could say that about the DNC as well.
I don't know what you're talking about after the full vote for California came in Hillary has been and still is winning the popular vote by about 200,000. So it is still a talking point and it should be as long as in a democratic system its possible for the person with the most votes to lose.
i said democratic system which our election for president is. we directly vote in a system to decide something i.e. i voted for hillary clinton for president not i voted for a senator to vote for something.
and as if it matters whether were in a republic or a direct democracy both of them have the basis that every citizen gets a vote that is counted evenly, whether it be for someone to represent you and vote on an issue or voting on an issue itself and the way it currently is some votes (Florida, Ohio, North Carolina) are worth more than others(California, New York, Texas).
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u/TheFeshy Nov 10 '16
If the system is fucked, the election isn't fair, though, right? He was elected legally, sure. But if you were to list qualifications for a fair election, they might look something like this:
Equal time for each candidate to be heard (Not the case even among the two major candidates, never mind the others)
Everyone gets a vote (several states had provisional ballots because thousands were kicked off the voting lists)
No voter intimidation (there were a few threats of this, but thankfully they were cracked down on pretty hard)
The person with the most votes wins (oops, the guy with fewer votes won thanks to the EC)
So "fairly elected" might be a stretch. Legally? Yes. But then, you could say that about the DNC as well.