Inconvenient fact for trumpanzees

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

That's an issue as well, although it's a hard one to address due to the Citizens United ruling. It will probably take an Amendment to properly deal with it.

couldn't citizens united be reversed?

[Saudade]

couldn't citizens united be reversed?

Theoretically. Some Supreme Court rulings have been overturned (like Separate But Equal), but it's rare. It also usually doesn't happen until decades after the original ruling (when the Court usually has a very different group of Justices).

[RB 60]

Doesn't matter. They have the electoral college.

So do you. It's not our fault you're too stupid to use it.

[StoneByStone]

So do you. It's not our fault you're too stupid to use it.

I wasn't aware that I have the electoral college. Are you sure you're not the angry guy in your avatar?

Anyway, the electoral college rigs the elections for the Republicans. So these kind of population changes don't matter much. Now something like Texas' Hispanic population growing, that might actually hurt Republicans eventually.

[RB 60]

I wasn't aware that I have the electoral college. Are you sure you're not the angry guy in your avatar?

Anyway, the electoral college rigs the elections for the Republicans. So these kind of population changes don't matter much. Now something like Texas' Hispanic population growing, that might actually hurt Republicans eventually.

Oh bullshit! Quit your damn crying. You have the same opportunity to use the electoral college as any candidate.
Sorry, the strength of this nation lies in the rural areas. Of course, policy matters to us. It always has. It always will.
And no, the person in my avatar more accurately describes you. I'm not crying or complaining, you are.

(although I have been cosidering changing my avatar)

[StoneByStone]

Oh bullshit! Quit your damn crying. You have the same opportunity to use the electoral college as any candidate.
Sorry, the strength of this nation lies in the rural areas. Of course, policy matters to us. It always has. It always will.
And no, the person in my avatar more accurately describes you. I'm not crying or complaining, you are.

(although I have been cosidering changing my avatar)

Calm down, I'm just pointing out a fact. No need to get mad and scream at your monitor.
Anyway, the rural areas are more conservative, the cities are more liberal, and most of the country is rural. So by having the electoral college, the elections are rigged for Republicans.
And policy doesn't matter to the Right, personality does. That's why they vote for characters like Trump instead of true "small government" guys like Ron Paul. Granted, the character has to at least present himself as conservative, but the actual issues matter far less than the label.

[RB 60]

Calm down, I'm just pointing out a fact. No need to get mad and scream at your monitor.
Anyway, the rural areas are more conservative, the cities are more liberal, and most of the country is rural. So by having the electoral college, the elections are rigged for Republicans.
And policy doesn't matter to the Right, personality does. That's why they vote for characters like Trump instead of true "small government" guys like Ron Paul. Granted, the character has to at least present himself as conservative, but the actual issues matter far less than the label.

It's amusing you telling me and my rural colleagues what our voting concerns are. Issues matter.

[Saudade]

I wasn't aware that I have the electoral college. Are you sure you're not the angry guy in your avatar?

Anyway, the electoral college rigs the elections for the Republicans. So these kind of population changes don't matter much. Now something like Texas' Hispanic population growing, that might actually hurt Republicans eventually.

No, it really doesn't. It just means that rural areas don't get completely ignored.

For a long time, Democrats supported rural areas more. That resulted in a lot of Democratic presidents over the years. Because the Democrats have largely abandoned rural voters, they allow the GOP to have certain strategic electoral advantages.

Nothing about the system has changed. So, they shouldn't be surprised when they lose the electoral vote despite having the popular vote sometimes.

[Truth Detector]

The continuing interjection of the clergy into political issues will only exacerbate the problem.
I go back to a time where such interjection was a very rare occurence indeed.

Castro, Hitler, Mussolini and Josef Stalin agree with you.

[Truth Detector]

Evangelicals are as radical as most "leftist" groups and more violent at times.

How so?

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"TRUMPANZEES" is a funny label,

Not really; it is weak and pathetic. But then, you're a low IQ leftist prone to parrot whatever dumb, lie filled narrative you are fed like a gullible unthinking dimwit.

[Truth Detector]

I agree with your answer, and that is why I feel that it's irrational to try to govern this country out of the Bible, which a lot of so called conservatives want to do.

For sure; after all, it hasn't worked for 234 years right? Castro, Hitler, Mussolini and Josef Stalin agree with you.

[Truth Detector]

devolve the size of banks, governments, and corporations.

eliminate fiat currency.

This isn't the 1800's silly.

[Truth Detector]

Calm down,

Sperging.

I'm just pointing out a fact.

You wouldn't know a fact if it slapped you on your uneducated skull.

No need to get mad and scream at your monitor.

Sperging and flailing.

So by having the electoral college, the elections are rigged for Republicans.

Yeah, the founders knew this when they created it. They said that someday, there will be a Republican Party who will use it to win every election.

Stupid claim; uneducated leftist.

And policy doesn't matter to the Right, personality does.

...because you say so. No facts, no reality, just sperging again.

That's why they vote for characters like Trump instead of true "small government" guys like Ron Paul.

...because you say so. No facts, no reality, just sperging again.

Granted, the character has to at least present himself as conservative, but the actual issues matter far less than the label.

...because you say so. No facts, no reality, just sperging again.

[StoneByStone]

No, it really doesn't. It just means that rural areas don't get completely ignored.

For a long time, Democrats supported rural areas more. That resulted in a lot of Democratic presidents over the years. Because the Democrats have largely abandoned rural voters, they allow the GOP to have certain strategic electoral advantages.

Nothing about the system has changed. So, they shouldn't be surprised when they lose the electoral vote despite having the popular vote sometimes.

Keeping the rural areas from getting ignored is the argument for keeping the electoral colleges and it's really not a bad argument. But even when Democrats do go to rural areas, they still mostly vote Republican for purely cultural reasons. That's why we have swing states, which Hillary might have won if she didn't ignore them, and we have red states that always go red. No amount of campaigning is going to get rural people in Texas to vote Democrat.

Republicans often say that without the EC, the votes in the sticks won't matter. But without the EC, all votes will matter, as opposed to right now, where only votes in swing states matter.