Why the left hates Trump so intensely

[dphantom]

That doesn't even make sense.

How may I simplify the comment for you to understand?

 

[Londo_Jowo]

ahh the good old "Who, me???" defense.

Says the person that's so ate up with anger.

 

[ivwshane]

another non-illuminating comment.

I could shine the light directly in your eye and you still wouldn't see it. Your bulb is burnt out and you keep the blinds closed and the doors locked.

 

[Thebobo]

It's hard to claim a mandate while losing the popular vote by almost 3 million votes and a 43 percent approval rating .

 

[dphantom]

Yes because when Americans talk about 'the majority' they are referring to the 538 members of the electoral college.

Don't be deliberately dense. The majority voted for Clinton and it wasn't close.

I am not. My comments go to the crux of the issue with those unhappy with the results of this presidential election. You know we are not a Democracy. We have a process outlined in the Constitution on how a President will be elected. Many think we should have a democracy. Others do not. For those unhappy with our process, we have a method of change and that is also outlined in our Constitution.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Says the person that's so ate up with anger.

lol, ok.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

lol, ok.

Yes, it comes across so clearly in your posts.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

It's hard to claim a mandate while losing the popular vote by almost 3 million votes and a 43 percent approval rating .

What if they look at states won or Electorial College votes?

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Yes, it comes across so clearly in your posts.

anger? no, more like intense disgust and disappointment. but continue.

 

[sandorski]

How may I simplify the comment for you to understand?

The Majority is a simple concept that you don't seem to understand.

 

[dphantom]

The Majority is a simple concept that you don't seem to understand.

There is only one majority that matters under our Constitutionally defined Presidential election system. Is there something about that you do not understand?

 

[Pens1566]

It's hard to claim a mandate while losing the popular vote by almost 3 million votes and a 43 percent approval rating .

I saw a 37% approval rating over the weekend.

 

[soundforbjt]

It's hard to claim a mandate while losing the popular vote by almost 3 million votes and a 43 percent approval rating .

Don't forget, less than one hundred thousand votes in three states gave him the win. Claims of mandate not found.

 

[FerrelGeek]

A lot of the right also hate Trump, you know?

Yep. And a lot still voted for him because they despised Hillary even more.

 

[xthetenth]

What if they look at states won or Electorial College votes?

Does the president represent land, 270+ people out of a pool of 538, or the American people?

The entire point of what I said is to get at how the right has continually been working to extract maximum advantage from various ways in which the process in this country is not democratic.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Don't forget, less than one hundred thousand votes in three states gave him the win. Claims of mandate not found.

LMAO!!! Like Trump isn't going to believe he has a mandate due to number of states won and/or EC votes.

 

[fskimospy]

I am not. My comments go to the crux of the issue with those unhappy with the results of this presidential election. You know we are not a Democracy. We have a process outlined in the Constitution on how a President will be elected. Many think we should have a democracy. Others do not. For those unhappy with our process, we have a method of change and that is also outlined in our Constitution.

This is false, we are absolutely a democracy. People frequently make a basic mistake where they think that constitutional republics are not democracies and that's wrong.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Does the president represent land, 270+ people out of a pool of 538, or the American people?

The entire point of what I said is to get at how the right has continually been working to extract maximum advantage from various ways in which the process in this country is not democratic.

He represents the people. The right has nothing to do with how the Electorial College is set up.

 

[dphantom]

Does the president represent land, 270+ people out of a pool of 538, or the American people?

The entire point of what I said is to get at how the right has continually been working to extract maximum advantage from various ways in which the process in this country is not democratic.

This country is not a democracy. High School civics. It is a representative republic.

 

[soundforbjt]

LMAO!!! Like Trump isn't going to believe he has a mandate due to number of states won and/or EC votes.

Electoral vote total was also historically low as well.

 

[jhbball]

Honestly, I could stand ANY OTHER Republican candidate, because they were known quantities. We hate trump because he's a vile, pathological lire with a history of being a sexual deviant and a bigot. He's also the poster child for 'failing upward'. And, it's looking more and more likely that he's been in bed with the Russians for a long time. What is there to like?

 

[Jhhnn]

There is only one majority that matters under our Constitutionally defined Presidential election system. Is there something about that you do not understand?

Quite true. OTOH, honest people who found themselves on the winning side even though an actual minority would temper their words & deeds out of respect for their fellow Americans.

Probably not, huh?

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Electoral vote total was also historically low as well.

but he won bigly...

 

[Jhhnn]

Yep. And a lot still voted for him because they despised Hillary even more.

Which begs the question of how they came to hold such irrational beliefs in the first place.

 

[imported_tajmahal]

It's hard to claim a mandate while losing the popular vote by almost 3 million votes and a 43 percent approval rating .

If the majority of votes mattered to anybody except butt hurt lefties, than Trump would have won those too. If approval ratings mattered to anyone except butt hurt lefties than Trump would win those too, but they don't.