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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: i-node who wrote (115154)3/22/2019 6:31:16 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 358094
 
"Rat made the argument that it is wrong allow states to make the decision for the presidency, yet it is precisely what he wants"

It's precisely what we have, too. He doesn't expect that we'll amend the Constitution, which means working with the rules that we have.

"In effect it is no more fair than what is done now"
That depends on whether you are on the side with more votes and fewer victories, or the one with fewer votes and more victories. I think the US president is the only elected office in the world where the vote loser can be the election winner.