[Split Thread] Electoral College and USA democratic status discussion

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Originally Posted by NoahFence (Post 12191188) Ah! We do it all the time, so it's all good. Nice to know where you stand, comrade.

I thought both of Cain’s arguments were particularly insipid.

The latter, you pointed out.

But suggesting the fact that Trump won with fewer votes - yet again - somehow tarnishes our “democracy” carries zero weight. First, the US is not technically a democracy. Second, there are long-standing reasons we have an Electoral College. Agree with the concept or not, as long as we do the criteria for winning is quite clearly spelled out, and both campaigns were tuned to take advantage of the rules, such as they were.

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