New USA President!

[x65943]

It goes by population. In smaller states like North Dakota, Wyoming etc they have less people so the votes are done for every 140k citizens and they have about 3 votes. In bigger states with more electoral votes like new york its for every 500k people(can't have too many votes) and they have about 29 votes in total because of the volume of citizens living there. It's about as close as giving misinformed people the voice they thought they'd have without resorting to mob rule IMO.

The reason that smaller states are slightly over represented is because of the rule that each state gets at least 1 house rep and 2 senators.

The electoral college apportions votes to states based on congressional representation. So small states have 3 EV no matter what (1 rep, 2 sens.). If the EC was completely based on population alone, some states/territories (Alaska, DC etc.) would only get 1 EV.

This all goes back to the Southern states wanting a balance of power that does not favor the populous north. It really boils down to the existence of the senate, which represents all states equally - regardless of population.

 

[Captain_N]

he actually rick rolled everyone by saying during his speech "Im never gonna let you down" lol
im glad Obama is out of the white house. We'll have to see what the big troll trump does.

 

[Cylent1]

I heard that Trump said some anti-women things in the past and said it was all "locker room talk", I didn't give it much attention because I didn't care that much since I'm not american and stuff. Today I saw this on reddit and watched this on youtube. Well all I have to say about this is congrats to your new President.

Trump is here to grab pussy & Make America Great Again..

..And he's all out of pussy

Nobody threw a fit over this....

 

[x65943]

Nobody threw a fit over this....

http://www.snopes.com/obama-demands-rib/

He's quoting someone else.

 

[Cylent1]

http://www.snopes.com/obama-demands-rib/

He's quoting someone else.

So as long as he reads exerpts from a book about himself, that he wrote, referring to himself, it is OK to say things like that?

 

[x65943]

So as long as he reads exerpts from a book about himself, that he wrote, referring to himself, it is OK to say things like that?

If you read the information from the link that I provided, you'll see that he is quoting someone else.

 

[Joe88]

Nobody threw a fit over this....

or this

 

[invaderyoyo]

I heard that Trump said some anti-women things in the past and said it was all "locker room talk", I didn't give it much attention because I didn't care that much since I'm not american and stuff. Today I saw this on reddit and watched this on youtube. Well all I have to say about this is congrats to your new President.

Yup, there's really no defending this. Most of the arguments I've read come down to "Who gives a fuck?". Another one I've seen multiple times is "That's how real men talk".

 

[Logan Pockrus]

Yup, there's really no defending this. Most of the arguments I've read come down to "Who gives a fuck?". Another one I've seen multiple times is "That's how real men talk".

Being a Trump fan of sorts, I wasn't particularly pleased about that statement he made. However, that was years ago, and I disbelieve it will affect us in any way at this point. If that video was of modern-day Trump, I would definitely feel different about the matter; so it isn't that I simply don't care, but rather, I feel his "statement" has been rendered pointless (for lack of a better term).

EDIT: A question for you: how do you think what he said in the video will affect you or anyone else in modern times?

 

[invaderyoyo]

Being a Trump fan of sorts, I wasn't particularly pleased about that statement he made. However, that was years ago, and I disbelieve it will affect us in any way at this point. If that video was of modern-day Trump, I would definitely feel different about the matter; so it isn't that I simply don't care, but rather, I feel his "statement" has been rendered pointless (for lack of a better term).

Sorry dude, but that comes down to "Who gives a fuck?". You're saying it's been rendered pointless.

 

[Logan Pockrus]

Sorry dude, but that comes down to "Who gives a fuck?". You're saying it's been rendered pointless.

That's exactly what I was going for, I just didn't want to explicitly say it.

 

[invaderyoyo]

A question for you: how do you think what he said in the video will affect you or anyone else in modern times?

That's exactly what I was going for, I just didn't want to explicitly say it.

It won't directly affect me, but it sets precedent. It also hints at what he thinks of women. Of course, nobody knows what he really thinks.

 

[Logan Pockrus]

It won't directly affect me, but it sets precedent. It also hints at what he thinks of women. Of course, nobody knows what he really thinks.

Despite what I've said, that does make sense. I do agree with you to an extent, but I will still side with the "who gives a fuck?" argument.

Anyway, Trump actually has said some...disrespectful things in regard to women, which could lead you to believe he's "misogynistic". Though, Trump being Trump, he could've been saying these politically incorrect things just for the hell of it.

 

[GhostLatte]

People who say Trump hates those of the LGBTQIA community are a special kind of moronic people especially since he held up the rainbow flag; it is something that some conservatives look down upon.

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

In other somewhat related news, the game "Mr. President" is on sale for $2 USD for the next 39 hours.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/507010/

 

[Xexyz]

People who say Trump hates those of the LGBTQIA community are a special kind of moronic people especially since he held up the rainbow flag; it is something that some conservatives look down upon.

Because holding a rainbow flag means you support LGBT rights

 

[GhostLatte]

Because holding a rainbow flag means you support LGBT rights

 

[DKB]

Yes. It feels great having a cartoon character as president.

 

[Xexyz]

His vice president is literally Mike Pence

 

[Logan Pockrus]

His vice president is literally Mike Pence

That doesn't mean anything in this context. Trump says he will protect LGBT rights. Since when does the Vice President's word override the President's word? Until it does, rest assured, LGBT rights are here to stay.