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keithbvadu2

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3. Some like it. Some don't.

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 09:53 PM

Nov 2020

In 2012, Donald Trump tweeted that the electoral college system was a 'disaster for a democracy.'

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-described-the-electoral-college-as-a-disaster/

After losing the popular vote, President-elect Donald Trump has decided that the Electoral College is a pretty smart way to elect a president after all.

http://fortune.com/2016/11/17/donald-trump-electoral-college-hillary-clinton-popular-vote/

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Just to reiterate.... [View all] pbmus Nov 2020 OP

A decent democracy would eliminate the Electoral College iemitsu Nov 2020 #1

Hear, hear! fierywoman Nov 2020 #2

Some like it. Some don't. keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #3

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