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AndJusticeForSome

(537 posts)
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 05:22 PM Sep 2018

Can a distinction be made between "voted for" and "elected by" please?

Yes, this is perhaps to be seen as a technicality, but can we use the phrase "elected by" (as in, Electoral College) as opposed to "voted for" (as in, by the American public)?

God this must be a dead horse by now, but it grates on my last nerve whenever I see any Trumpers say how Trump was "voted for" by the majority of the people.

NO, HE WASN'T, for the.last time!

In fact, Clinton was "voted for" by several millions more Americans than Trump was.

He was "elected by" the EC.

It is *not* a distinction without a difference. Correct them when they say it.

Thank you.

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Can a distinction be made between "voted for" and "elected by" please? (Original Post) AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 OP
People in the press should pound that button with Trump everyday.... Moostache Sep 2018 #1
Of note. CentralMass Sep 2018 #2
Those are great stats to keep under one's belt AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 #3
How about Andy823 Sep 2018 #4
Yes, I like it AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 #5

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
1. People in the press should pound that button with Trump everyday....
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 05:38 PM
Sep 2018

Mr. Electoral College Selection to be President(ECStbP)? Do you have any thoughts on how you are doing in the eyes of the majority of voters who DID NOT vote for you? Does it bother you to have lost so badly in the popular vote and to slip into office on a technicality and gerrymandering? What does it say about your legacy in the lower tier of Presidents that you essentially came to be President because of a mere 77,000 votes over 3 states that suspiciously disfavor your party?

One last question Mr. ECStbP...when the reality of your complete failure to be an effective leader sets in, do Big Macs taste as good any more?

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)
2. Of note.
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 05:38 PM
Sep 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/11/10/why-did-trump-win-in-part-because-voter-turnout-plunged/?utm_term=.9a25a72126d2
"While Trump managed to gain an electoral college victory, not only did he get fewer votes than Hillary Clinton — a fact that, remarkably, seems to merit nothing more than a footnote in almost every discussion of the election — he got fewer votes than Mitt Romney in 2012, fewer votes than John McCain in 2008, and fewer votes than George W. Bush in 2004. In total, fewer than 26 percent of
eligible American voters cast their ballots for the man who will occupy the Oval Office come January."
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