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Elections are popularity contests. There are no qualification requirements for the job.


Which he didn't even win and is only there because of an anarchism in our government.


Anarchism? Hardly. It's one of the handful of intentionally anti-populist features of the Constitution, along with the existence of the Senate.

He did win. The only way to say he lost is by focusing on a measure that everyone agrees isn't the one that matters.


Well, that seems a little strong. The measure used in the US is one that I don't think is used in any other democracy. Every non-American I've talked with about this believes that national popular vote is definitely the number that matters.


They're wrong, for purposes of American presidential elections anyway.


Then perhaps the people saying that have different purposes. Which I'm sure was dlp211's point as well.


Sure, but I’m not obliged to give any deference to improper purposes like delegitimization of the President.


I never claimed that he is illegitimate. Shame on you for not taking my argument in good faith.


You don't get to decide what is proper for other people's purposes. They do.




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