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R&E Political Discussion - Spring 2026
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Law and Order

Posted by Joe Defoe on March 25, 2026, 4:49 am

What’s your take on a the peoples of a nation whose citizens would willingly elect a convicted criminal to lead them while they follow blindly?

It should be pointed out that Trump was elected by a rather small plurality.

Posted by 7:77 on March 25, 2026, 8:18 am, in reply to "Law and Order"

His tally represented c. 33% of registered voters, c. 25% of eligible voters, and c. 49% of the votes actually cast. The largest single block of registered voters was actually people (idiots) that couldn't be bothered to vote. It's a quirk of our rather antiquated system that a person can be elected president without anywhere near a majority. Most other modern democratic nations have systems that require a majority, usually via a runoff election between the two top vote getters.

That costs money and takes time, of course. And in the US system, there will be only two candidates with a realistic chance of victory. The two major parties, loathsome though they may be, are essentially unchallenged. But the gap between Trump and Harris was smaller than the number of votes for other candidates, so a runoff might have produced a different result. We have no realistic way of knowing.

Just in case you missed that Civics lesson, Poppet the Puppet...

Posted by Cheap Seats Shaman *= on March 25, 2026, 9:51 am, in reply to "It should be pointed out that Trump was elected by a rather small plurality."

The USA elects their POTUS using the Electoral College.

The popular vote was driven by an unexplainable hate and is discountable.

Hard to believe that so many idiots voted for the Word Salad girl who rose to prominence on her knees, following the beck and call of her puppetmasters.

No need to respond Poppet. We've all seen how well you've been indoctrinated to the ProgComm agenda.

Maybe the alternative was not much better.

Posted by Ken C on March 25, 2026, 8:04 am, in reply to "Law and Order"

If someone voted for Trump, that does not mean they approve of everything he did.

Yet as it turns out...

Posted by 7:77 on March 25, 2026, 2:14 pm, in reply to "Maybe the alternative was not much better."

Just because YOU don't like him didn't make the alternative attactive...

Posted by Cheap Seats Shaman *= on March 25, 2026, 5:01 pm, in reply to "Yet as it turns out..."

All Kamala was, was a compliant puppet, ready to serve her masters.

She forgot about Islam's Fatwa against 'The Great Satan'.

You said something self-evident without saying anything.

Posted by Just asking on March 26, 2026, 4:53 pm, in reply to "Just because YOU don't like him didn't make the alternative attactive..."

Typical

Re: Law and Order

Posted by Otto Kleinberg on March 25, 2026, 4:53 am, in reply to "Law and Order"

Republican MAGA is a disease. Mental Health matters.

America is in trouble bigly. Half the country are infected with the MAGA disease.

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