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dman_usa t1_iv66x81 wrote

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the president isnt elected based on the popular vote LOL

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MikeMac999 t1_iv68hk9 wrote

Obviously, but that is the concept behind the illegitimacy of Trump’s term, he did not have a winning percentage of the voting population behind him, he simply benefited from the deeply flawed electoral college, gerrymandering etc.

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StonksGuy3000 t1_iv6omjf wrote

That doesn’t make him illegitimate, and you could argue it’s a threat to democracy to try to contest it on that basis, especially after the fact. I voted Hillary, I think Trump is a moron and uses dangerous rhetoric, but I still wouldn’t try to advance the claim that Trump is illegitimate or that Hillary won

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MikeMac999 t1_iv6qwrt wrote

I agree, I’m just saying that at least there’s an understandable reasoning behind the claim.

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