On August 18, 2019 at 19:24, davidcasemore said...
I totally agree but with some caveats:
1. Our outdated Electoral College system is how he "won".
Its also how Bush "beat" Gore.
The reality is that there aren't enough rich folks + rednecks to get a republican elected in this country.
2. His opponent received millions of more votes (see your comment above about how we live in a democracy. Really?).
3. It is clear that Russian interference helped get him elected.
Of course, there were many other factors that helped to get him elected:
1. Hillary Clinton was anointed "Queen" by the DNC and a lot of folks didn't like that. (see "Clinton Fatigue")
2. The media and most polling showed that she was going to win. This may have caused a lot of non-Trump supporters to stay home ("Why vote? I don't like Hillary. I hate Trump even more. But it doesn't matter because she is going to win so I don't have to worry about Trump being president")
Democracy does not work very well without an informed public. The US population, as a whole, is probably on the bottom of the scale of "informed". Most Canadians know more about us than our own citizens. Don't even think of asking them about Canadian Government. But you already know that.