Do you ever consider that a political loss might not be the result of a conspiracy?

Collusion, fraud, whatever it may be. Are these just scapegoats? Do we not want to face the reality that sometimes the people choose someone we don't like?

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Bean17 · 46-50, F

Or the electoral college chooses someone who lost the popular vote.😕

Sicarium · 46-50, M

@Bean17 Or both candidates campaign knowing they're in an electoral system and then supporters of the loser suddenly and conveniently have a problem with the electoral system.

Bean17 · 46-50, F

Well he actually did lose the popular vote so the people didn’t “choose someone they didn’t like “.@Sicarium

Sicarium · 46-50, M

@Bean17 And the popular vote is irrelevant. For a reason. Also, you gotta stop crying about it at some point.

Bean17 · 46-50, F

Just stating the facts—the people didn’t choose him.@Sicarium

Sicarium · 46-50, M

@Bean17 And I'm stating the fact that we've had the electoral system and not once did that translate into "the people don't choose the president" until Hillary lost and Her supporters couldn't deal with that reality.

Bean17 · 46-50, F

That’s not true. It’s happened 4 times, and as recently as 2000 when Al Gore won the popular vote but ended up losing the election to Bush thanks to the electoral college. It’s always been the most egregious fault in the system.@Sicarium

Sicarium · 46-50, M

@Bean17 So you ackowledge that we've had an electoral system, all candidates know it going in, and whining now is just whining for the sake of whining. Great.