The rules are that this man does not have to vote for Trump. The rules are that he may vote as he wishes. The rules are that he has been given this power. So, according to your own argument, you may now quit your bitching.

Of course I would. An unfair system is unfair, regardless of which direction.

I’m not forgetting anything. I’m stating that our government’s structure does not cater to the will of the people. If it did, Hillary Clinton would be the President Elect.

What the flying fuck is the point of electoral college voting if they have no say? Why dont they just add up the points and then say thats it, you won? Better yet, why not just be like every other democratic country and just let the person who gets the most votes win, instead of somehow letting certain people have…

No, no you’re not a “pinko lefty.” And Hillary is not a “pinko lefty.” You are both typical American Democrats, who are politically right of center according to any objective definition of world politics.

I voted for HRC. But that is not the way our presidential elections work. The electors dont have to vote the way the people do.

BS. Sick of this false equivalency nonsense.The horrible left wing they want to pass universal healthcare so we can be like all the other developed countries in the world. They think there should be financial regulations on the banks. They think we should listen to the climate scientists on climate change. They think…

Electoral College spurning the will of the people

“Pinko lefty”? Have to admit I’ve never heard of a lefty describe himself like that. I suspect you’re not actually a lefty, and mistakably thought that’s a real term we use among ourselves.

for the record, this elector is planning to vote for John Kasich. This isn’t a dem vs republican situation; everyone (reasonable people) is hoping to have someone competent run the country rather than a complete ignoramus. the will of the people has not been heard, the president elect does not have a mandate since he…

As Kai Mai already alluded to, the whole reason the electoral college was formed was that the founders didn’t trust direct democracy, and wanted a failsafe built in where the electoral college could override the will of the people, with the idea being that the electoral college would be made up of (as Alexander…

If by “will of the people” you mean “who most people who voted in this election wanted for president,” then no, Trump being president is not “the will of the people.” It’s “what a lesser amount of those who voted wanted.”

Your team, aka the team I also voted for, lost due to an outdated method of election. Literally…

No, the left is not, and can’t be, as deplorable as the right. This kind of false comparison contributes to the reasons why we are in the position that we’re in.

Except “the will of the people” is up for argument when 2.5 more people wanted the other person.

Most of the people I see hoping for stray EC voters DO want to get rid of the system and see this as a good way to point out its flaws to people on both sides of the aisle. We’ve always known the EC was a bullshit system made to give disproportionate representation to slave states. What is preserved by upholding it in…

Dumb.

“The rules are the rules, to bitch about them when you get burned by them is intellectually dishonest!”

The rules are the rules, to bitch about them when you get burned by them is intellectually dishonest

Voting in line with the popular vote doesn’t undermine democracy, it undermines republicanism.

I it were so important there would be a “rule” that forced the elector to vote the way his state did. Your “those a the rules” argument is as moot as the is wrong; that is, objectively.