[quote=livinincali][quote=spdrun]If the popular vote is grossly ignored, I hope we end up with riots in the streets and a revolution. I mean that in the most literal sense possible.[/quote]

We live under a constitutional republic. It was specifically designed this way so that majorities couldn’t repress minorities. There were checks and balances such that a small state like Road Island had an equal say about government activities as the larger states at lease in some branches of government. It’s always convenient to say majority rule goes right up until your on the wrong side of the majority. It’s good that we have these checks and balances. That said it would be next impossible for someone to massively win the popular vote and fail to get 50% of the electoral college.[/quote]

Won’t happen in a Nloomberg race, he won’t take any States and it’ll be like the 96 election were some states are won by someone with high 40s, but very unlikely someone doesn’t get the 270.

I also actually think Sanders versus Trump will really rally the democrats to a party line vote. Between fear of Trump and anger of losing Hillary over “right wing media smear”, they’ll turn out and vote in droves as long as they don’t stroke out.

I’m pretty thankful right now I live in California and my vote has little impact on the election. It often seems in our State if Charles Manson got on the ballot claiming to be a democrat, we’d elect him 55-45.