r/politics • u/slaysia • Dec 19 '17

Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote; creating 50-50 tie in legislature

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democrat-wins-va-house-seat-in-recount-by-single-vote-creating-50-50-tie-in-legislature/2017/12/19/3ff227ae-e43e-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.82f2b85b50fa
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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '17

well, not those over 3 million votes Trump lost by. They didn't count.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

Yeah, they did. You just don’t understand how votes are tallied per state. We are actually talking about missing >100k votes in like 3 states?

It was too close in key states. You fix that by showing up with more people. It worked in Alabama. It worked in Virginia.

It worked in 2008. The EC wasn’t going to hand the election to McCain when Obama blew him out of the water since people showed up.

That’s how this works. Yes, it sucks. But voting is the only voice you have that makes things happen, both on the federal level, but more importantly, on your local level (like reps & even the EC).

You don’t like your EC rep? Then replace them. You know how that happens? By voting them out.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

You don’t like your EC rep? Then replace them. You know how that happens? By voting them out.

Uh, no. They are unelected and appointed by the governing parties in each state.

Don't tell people they don't understand anything, when you clearly don't understand shit.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

They are unelected and appointed by the governing parties in each state.

And how do you think those “governing parties” get into their positions? They are elected.

But you clearly knew that, right?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

EC REPS ARE APPOINTED NOT ELECTED AND REPRESENT NO ONE DIRECTLY.

How fucking stupid can you be?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17 edited Dec 20 '17

YES AND EC REPS ARE APPOINTED BY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT YOUR STATE.

Why are we yelling?

Edit: in case anyone else is reading this, Russia is going to send their bots like this one to convince you to stay home because your vote doesn’t matter. Remember one thing: if your vote was so worthless, why are they spending millions to keep you from voting?