There are differing types of democracies. Direct, proportional, representative, and presidential. In representative and presidential democracies, it goes without saying that legitimate governments can be formed from a minority of the total vote, because that is how these democracies work. Provided that the gap between the number of voters who did not vote for a minority government is not too large, people simply accept that as an inevitable consequence of their particular democratic process.Briney wrote
He did not win the popular election. Clinton gained ~3 million more votes than Trump. When you recognise that "manipulating the electoral process" refers to him winning purely on the Electoral College results which are not representational of what the American voters wanted. Tsk, tsk
So what we see with Brian's comments is one of his usual double standards. When it was pointed out that in one election in Australia, One Nation voters who represented 12% of the electorate got no seats in parliament, while the Greens who only got 6% of the vote scored 4 seats, Brian defended this clear gerrymander, because the people disenfranchised were the people he despises.
But with Trump, his double standard goes the other way. That Trump won with a small minority of votes is presented by Brian as some sort of unfair gerrymander that de legitimises Trump as president.
It is funny how Brian is using a racist connotation which suggests that South American presidents are all illegitimate rulers. Careful Brian, you must be offending all South Americans with your inference that all their elected leaders are self evidently illegitimate. How can you be so racist, Brian?Briney wrote
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Briney wrote
You're right, I don't agree with the Electoral College system. It denies the outcome of the popular vote which represents the wishes of the majority of voters. El Presidente' Trump exploited that and obviously doesn't care what the majority of voters wish had happened. Tsk, tsk. That you refuse to acknowledge what the majority of American voters sought in 2016 is IMHO despicable
Yet you refused to recognise the clear gerrymander which happened in Australia which saw 12% of One Nation supporters get no representation, while the Green party with half their votes got four seats in parliament. Your outrage is as usual, entirely selective, and a complete double standard.
Trump won the election and he is the President. Get over it.
