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Gerrymandering is a different discussion.
Wikipedia:
"Opponents of the Electoral College claim that such outcomes do not logically follow the normative concept of how a democratic system should function. One view is that the Electoral College violates the principle of political equality, since presidential elections are not decided by the one-person one-vote principle.[81] Outcomes of this sort are attributable to the federal nature of the system. Supporters of the Electoral College argue that candidates must build a popular base that is geographically broader and more diverse in voter interests. This feature is not a logical consequence of having intermediate elections of Presidents, but rather the winner-takes-all method of allocating each state's slate of electors. Allocation of electors in proportion to the state's popular vote could reduce this effect."
*sigh*
Welcome to the real world.
Exactly. Unfortunately, people like Bernie Sanders don't stand a chance in this rigged and corrupt system.
I don't think you have to worry about Trump, he won't win. He is just a bogeyman, who's role is to make people feel a relief when he loses the election.
Clinton will be the next president. She was already chosen by those who really choose.
We cannot lose faith!
Speaking as someone who took part in the Occupy protests in Oakland CA, perhaps I can shed some light on this point. The protests were not "shut down" by the heavy hand of authority, rather they fizzled out due to the leaderless nature of the Occupy movement. Additionally, they were not entirely non-violent. While the Occupy movement liked to call itself “The 99%” I’d estimate that 99% of that 99% was indeed non-violent -- but there was a small element in the movement that liked to call itself “The Black Block.” They advocated forcing societal change by any means necessary. That is: they were essentially a small group of nihilists who may have fancied themselves anarchists, but in fact they were nothing more than hooligans out to have a good time by trashing stuff. Stores & buildings, parked cars, whatever. They wore masks at marches and gave the Occupy movement a bad rep that was impossible to overcome. Because of the leaderless nature of the Occupy movement, no one could come out and say, “Violence has no part in our movement, these people are not a part of our message.” And so well-intended people like myself simply stopped going to Occupy events. A movement that could very well have seen hundreds of thousands of people in the streets on a regular basis became a “whatever happened to?” simply because the vast majority of the people are not up for a violent revolution. They want to see these things done peacefully. I’m thinking this is a point that Donald (“There’ll be riots in the streets, not that it’ll be my fault or anything”) Trump may not have realized. When you've got 10,000 people in the streets and 99% of them are protesting peacefully, then you've also got 100 violent idiots on the street giving your movement the blackest of eyes.
The Donald is a gambler, and he's also a cynic. He's waging heavily on his belief that the majority of this country are idiots, racists & misogynists. Let's prove him wrong.
Time and time again, in every western country, it has turned out that these instigators of violence have been infiltrators put there by the state itself-police agents provoking exactly what you just described.
Do you think the Trump-eteers -- the folks who have been getting physical with anti-Trump protestors -- are government agents then? Or would that be the anti-Trump protestors themselves? In either case, I think you misunderestimate the genuine passions felt on both sides. Sometimes a stupid thug is just a stupid thug. I'm not denying that government agents have at times acted as provacateurs -- the demise of the Black Panther party demonstrated that point beyond a doubt -- but even paranoids have real enemies, and sometimes our Beast Friends can be our Wurst Enemas.
Those here, who support him - can you seriously vote for a man, who will sink his teeth in our planet even further and will bring it dowen even faster?
If he was wonderful in all other aspects (which he is far from, of course), that alone should be enough to not vote for him.
The Industrie will love it though. Oil drilling and whatnot without a care.
Unfortunately, asking Americans to take the lead on climate change is like asking China to take the lead on human rights abuses. That is better left to countries like your own, who far more advanced on this (including on the use of solar power and electricity usage). The US will only pay attention once a catastrophe occurs.
Energy Efficiency Scores and ranking by country – International Energy Efficiency Scorecard
And what western countries are more evolved in their democracies? Admittedly the U. S. democracy is still a work in progress, but we've only been at it for a little more than 200 years. Yes, we haven't elected a woman as President, but that will change in November. We did elect a black man. Baby steps.