Politics Thread

[Xville]

Those left wing idiots at the Wall Street Journal are at it again. They must have read the Economist.

https://wallstreetjournal-ny.newsmem...e539f9_134d4ab

Pretty sure that’s an op-ed from a liberal economics professor. Don’t see a whole lot of conservative professors at Princeton. Maybe that’s rachel Maddows him name

[Xville]

See Brew's note above for a better understanding.

Yeah I disagree with him too, especially considering he made points that don’t fit. England Italy Germany don’t nominate their leader by popular vote either

[Strange Brew]

Yeah I disagree with him too, especially considering he made points that don’t fit. England Italy Germany don’t nominate their leader by popular vote either

Aren’t they Parliamentary systems? I know England is. Not sure about Italy or Germany. However East Germany called itself a Democracy (DDR) back in the day.

[Xville]

Aren’t they Parliamentary systems? I know England is. Not sure about Italy or Germany. However East Germany called itself a Democracy (DDR) back in the day.

I think they all are but could be mistaken.

Popular vote doesn’t happen much because as we see with our two candidates the public is stupid

[noteggs]

Pretty sure that’s an op-ed from a liberal economics professor. Don’t see a whole lot of conservative professors at Princeton. Maybe that’s rachel Maddows him name

Yes it is. Clinton’s former Federal Reserve VP.

[noteggs]

Does anyone really think the Left would be talking about doing away with the Electoral College if they had lost the popular election, but won the electoral votes? Of course not. They’d be praising the wisdom of the founding fathers. The Right would then be screaming to replace the Electoral College.


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Yup.

Prior to Bush in 2000, we had gone 120 years with a President winning the WH who won the popular vote and electoral. During those 120 years, the electoral college seemed to be a good system with no complaints.

Pubs win two races in 16 years and now there seems to be a huge problem on how we elect our President. Obviously the 2000 election really stung for democrats especially the whole hanging chad thing.

Trump winning in ‘16 has people demanding the popular vote on steroids. Can’t let that kind of thing happen again.

Interesting to note, winning electoral and not popular has only happened 5 times in 240 years.

[xubrew]

Yeah I disagree with him too, especially considering he made points that don’t fit. England Italy Germany don’t nominate their leader by popular vote either

I think they all are but could be mistaken.

Popular vote doesn’t happen much because as we see with our two candidates the public is stupid

You're absolutely right. In each of those countries they are elected by the legislatures and not a direct popular vote. So, those were bad examples.

I'm mainly basing my experience on two of the places I've lived. Louisville and Birmingham. Both are the biggest cities in their states and predominantly Democrat, but the rest of the state isn't and the Dems usually don't win statewide elections.

[Strange Brew]

Yes it is. Clinton’s former Federal Reserve VP.

Ding, ding. Winner! :)

[Strange Brew]

You're absolutely right. In each of those countries they are elected by the legislatures and not a direct popular vote. So, those were bad examples.

I'm mainly basing my experience on two of the places I've lived. Louisville and Birmingham. Both are the biggest cities in their states and predominantly Democrat, but the rest of the state isn't and the Dems usually don't win statewide elections.

That’s fair however KY was a solid Dem state until, really Reagan and has a Dem Gov. Birmingham is not a big metro area.

For comparison to the argument at play. Denver dominates CO politics as does Chicago in respect to IL and NYC with well, NY.

[Smails]

Yes it is. Clinton’s former Federal Reserve VP.

Lol...