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‘The American people did not vote for whatever the hell this is,’ warns House Democrat
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Trump did not get the majority of votes and if the house was not gerrymandered there would be no GOP majority there as well.
he won the popular vote this time so im not sure what you mean by not getting the majority of votes.
Because technically he got just shy of 50%, so while he got the highest vote count, he didn't win a majority
where do you get that? Everything I have seen has him over 50% of votes cast.
AP shows him receiving 49.9%.
Not to be rude, but it isn't hard to find... And people made a big deal (too big, really) when he dropped below 50%.
Anyway, just responding to why they said that he didn't get the majority... It's splitting hairs at this point, but I guess it makes some people feel better about what it means and what's coming.
its rather harder than you think. I had a hard time getting vote totals instead of just electoral college and percentages that were not just based on top two. I clicked the link you provided and I don't see it anywhere. just electoral college and vote totals but no percentage.
You don't see right under the blue/red electoral bar the vote totals for each with the percentages of total in parentheses next to them? Is that not showing for you?
I see it on Firefox Android in mobile mode and in desktop mode
ah ok I do actually. It just so light on a white background and everything I use is high contrast so its nearly invisible to me. Would be nice if they showed that last few percent. At least an other category.
Gerrymandering has been a part of the system since the founding of the country. It shouldn't exist, but everybody knows the rules of the game. The candidates all knew what they were getting into and knew that they'd have to break through all the gerrymandering in order to win.
You can't play the game knowing what the rules are, then blame the rules when you lose.
Go ahead and defend the system but don't say the majority voted for this, because the rules expressly allow for minority rule.
Yes, the majority neither voted for nor against this.