"I would rather have the popular vote because it's, to me, it's much easier to win the popular vote" (Reply #7)

In the discussion thread: Trump pushes to swap Electoral College for popular vote [View all]

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:42 PM

RockRaven (7,798 posts)

7. "I would rather have the popular vote because it's, to me, it's much easier to win the popular vote"

But you *didn't* have it, and to you it *wasn't* easier. DOPE!

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62 replies	Author	Time	Post
Trump pushes to swap Electoral College for popular vote [View all]	DonViejo	Apr 2018	OP
There's an app for that. NT	mahatmakanejeeves	Apr 2018	#1
Yeah, right...	TranssexualKaren	Apr 2018	#2
Surely this is an Onion piece, right? nt	Ferrets are Cool	Apr 2018	#3
I thought it was a joke, too.	Dave Starsky	Apr 2018	#8
trump is so fucking dumb.. he thinks	Cha	Apr 2018	#47
If I recall	Liberalagogo	Apr 2018	#4
His argument is that he concentrated on the electoral vote not the popular vote.	former9thward	Apr 2018	#30
Oh please	Liberalagogo	Apr 2018	#34
So when he was funding Democratic candidates and causes in NY	former9thward	Apr 2018	#35
Yes, he was a shithole back then too.	padfun	Apr 2018	#55
Trump "concentrated".........	SergeStorms	Apr 2018	#37
Unfortunately many Democrats did what you just did.	former9thward	Apr 2018	#40
From Wikipedia-	SergeStorms	Apr 2018	#44
How come Clinton never showed up in Wisconsin?	former9thward	Apr 2018	#46
Lazy, much?	SergeStorms	Apr 2018	#49
OK. Can we make that retroactive? Then, deal!	ollie10	Apr 2018	#5
Its like a Monty Python sketch but the	BootinUp	Apr 2018	#6
"I would rather have the popular vote because it's, to me, it's much easier to win the popular vote"	RockRaven	Apr 2018	#7
Trade wars are easy to win. Arms races are easy to win.	lagomorph777	Apr 2018	#15
To give the devil his due, there's a grain of truth there:	The Mouth	Apr 2018	#9
Didn't Trump lose the popular vote?	left-of-center2012	Apr 2018	#10
Yup, and not only that, there's this tidbit from the article that's quite interesting	progree	Apr 2018	#17
After he led the country into an illegal war based on provable lies.	robbob	Apr 2018	#45
Ehhhh...... what's a meager 3 million votes???	groundloop	Apr 2018	#20
There really is no bottom to how stupid he is, is there?	Spider Jerusalem	Apr 2018	#11
NO--don't forget --ALL those votes were from illegals. he actually won by 5 mil without	niyad	Apr 2018	#18
He said he would have run a completely different campaign.	former9thward	Apr 2018	#31
You Seem Convinced	ProfessorGAC	Apr 2018	#54
I've noticed that the same three or four posters always take a contrary position.	tavernier	Apr 2018	#57
Does this moron know how to count??	C_U_L8R	Apr 2018	#12
Does he have a single clue about what it takes to pass an Amendment to the Constitution?	Stonepounder	Apr 2018	#13
If he could do it with an executive order, and DID...	maddiemom	Apr 2018	#22
Except it doesn't need a constitutional amendment.	Massacure	Apr 2018	#29
National Popular Vote interstate compact	djg21	Apr 2018	#38
unconstitutional	Cold War Spook	Apr 2018	#41
Fair enough. But still, states do not need to collude to make it happen.	Massacure	Apr 2018	#43
Not necessarily.	djg21	Apr 2018	#52
Two thoughts on this.	Cold War Spook	Apr 2018	#58
Courts don't give advisory opinions.	djg21	Apr 2018	#60
Doesn't Trump know that would take adding a new Amendment to the Constitution?	Cold War Spook	Apr 2018	#14
This isnt entirely correct.	djg21	Apr 2018	#39
unconstitutional	Cold War Spook	Apr 2018	#42
Hmmm. I wonder if ...	Whiskeytide	Apr 2018	#16
something like that was my first thought as well--they figured out how to rig the whole thing.	niyad	Apr 2018	#19
This is correct. While I support a popular vote,	NYC Liberal	Apr 2018	#21
And let's make it retroactive.	MrsCoffee	Apr 2018	#23
That was exactly my reaction	DFW	Apr 2018	#24
Same here	dameatball	Apr 2018	#27
trump thinks he won the popular vote..	Cha	Apr 2018	#48
Well, if it makes it easier to win...	ThoughtCriminal	Apr 2018	#25
Don't tease . . . . . .	no_hypocrisy	Apr 2018	#26
I cannot STAND this man	SylviaD	Apr 2018	#28
Which is ironic because Clinton is a supporter of the electoral college	gyroscope	Apr 2018	#32
This is not a democracy.	Cold War Spook	Apr 2018	#59
This is just his ego speaking.....	Red Mountain	Apr 2018	#33
I think	BigOleDummy	Apr 2018	#53
Theres no limit to his delusions. So much winning.	truthisfreedom	Apr 2018	#36
Great idea - retroactively!	Rhiannon12866	Apr 2018	#50
What an idiot. That is the problem with the electoral college, it gives the red states an unfair	still_one	Apr 2018	#51
Best bet would be state legislatures voting to commit EC votes to popular vote winner	Va Lefty	Apr 2018	#61
All he has to do is sign an executive order to abolish the Electoral College,	JustABozoOnThisBus	Apr 2018	#56
The puppet honestly believes that millions of illegal votes were cast	CrispyQ	Apr 2018	#62

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