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The President is elected by the States, and technically Trump won a "majority" of the States.
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The US is not a direct democracy, it was designed very carefully NOT to be one, because the Founders saw the ways it turns to tyranny. The mob is not always right or just, but in a direct democracy they will always win.
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Does your defense of the EC hinge on blurring the distinction between non-majority and non-plurality winners
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Plurality rule is still more legitimate than coming-in-second rule.
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Dan knows Stu meant plurality - he just responds to the question he wants to answer to secure some hollow victory.
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But 2000 wasn't just a quirk of the electoral college alone, it was stolen by the systemic blocking of thousands of legitimate voters and the Supreme Court intervening to stop the count before Gore gained the majority. That made it toxic.
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Bill Clinton didn't even receive a majority in his re-election (which W Bush did).
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