my thought is the majority of the polity have had enough of donny...however i haven't had much faith in the efficacy of "majority rule" here in the late republic..."majority" can be defined in manifold ways and it can be manipulated...if gerrymandered in a well-thought way it can be nullified and, as it stands, the elctoral college, or rather. electoral votes, are the vector for that manipulation...because of "winner take all" anyone who votes against the winning candidate in their state is effectively disenfranchised...if the votes were distributed propotionately minority presidents ( donny for one ) would not exist...the losers can dissent...they canot change the decision...this isn't a democracy, it is a republic...and every republic i have read about was controlled by a minorty of wealth...oligarchy...plutocracy...faction...with a diaphanous veil of electoral representation that mythologized the proceedings...the same is true in this republic ( look at the wealth concentrated in congress...and, incidentally, donny is one of the oligarchs ) which was pretty much based on john locke's desire not to "erect too numerous a democracy"...limit the masses' input and represent the interests of the elite as the "national interest"...it has worked well for them but they weary of the veneer...they are greedy bastards and they want more, if not all...they need to hold onto the levers of power ( and will actually...if joe and the prosecutor win it will still be BAU with softer rhetoric to pull the veil back over the reality..the lust for power won't be so obvious and the myth will reactivate ) and will do what they feel necessary...the supreme court isn't packed, however it is biased and if the dispute ( and there wil be dispute ) over the vote gets in front of those nine you can look forward to four more years ( if not "president for life " ) of president trump
...the losers can dissent...they cannot change the decision
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