Comments by "retnavybrat" (@retnavybrat) on "Donald Trump Inauguration: 3 Important Facts!" video.

  1. +shiva1008 What numbers? And please don't start spouting off that Trump didn't win the nationwide popular vote. For good or bad, under the procedure set up by the US Constitution for the election of the President, the nationwide popular vote is irrelevant. It's which candidate can win the statewide popular vote in the right number of states to obtain 270 plus Electoral College votes that wins the election. I've never been that crazy about the Electoral College set up myself, but until someone comes up with a better way to do it (other than simple plurality), it is what it is.
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  2. shiva1008 That's not an answer. What specific numbers that actually have a bearing on who was elected are you referring to?
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  3. shiva1008 Unless you're a Presidential trivia buff, the number of people who show up for an inauguration is irrelevant. How is democracy threatened or enhanced by turnout? Like I mentioned in my original post, nationwide popular vote has no bearing on who's elected President. Is the Electoral College the most fair system? I don't think so, but neither do I want the highest office in the country elected by a simple plurality. Actually, the fact that so many people showed up for that protest reinforces that our democracy, although far from perfect, is still breathing. No argument from me on points 4, 6, and 7. It still makes me want to bang my head against a wall to think that people actually voted for Trump despite all the obvious indicators that he was not qualified to be President (didn't want Clinton, either, by the way). I tried to be a point 5, but it was like talking to a brick wall whenever I tried to point out examples of points 4, 6, and 7. The really sad part is most of the people I discussed this with thought those examples were assets instead of liabilities.
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  4. I don't see why the numbers matter anyway. The only two people required to show up at any Presidential Inauguration are the President-elect and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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