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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:03 PM Sep 2019

"...despite the fact that Dems have won the popular vote in 6 of the last 7 presidential elections"

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Patrick Rodenbush @pnrodenbush

All those GOP appointments to the Supreme Court despite the fact that Democrats have won the popular vote in 6 of the last 7 presidential elections.

Lawrence Hurley ✔ @lawrencehurley

Supreme Court appointments by party of president since Nixon was elected:

Republicans: 14
Democrats: 4

11:54 AM - Sep 30, 2019

Why we fight. And the electoral college needs to be sent to the dustbin on bad ideas.

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"...despite the fact that Dems have won the popular vote in 6 of the last 7 presidential elections" (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 OP

The truth is coming out and people are seeing that America isn't that democratic DemocraticSocialist8 Sep 2019 #1

"No high court appointments in the last year of his (tRump's) presidency" should be the standard. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2019 #2

Excellent point. dalton99a Sep 2019 #3

No shit... world wide wally Sep 2019 #4

Think about how much more advanced we'd be as a country if our laws and courts Maven Sep 2019 #5

Dems could've changed it when we had the power. Duppers Oct 2019 #6

DemocraticSocialist8

(396 posts)

1. The truth is coming out and people are seeing that America isn't that democratic

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:09 PM

Sep 2019

and really never has been. The strength of American democracy has always been an exaggeration tinged with jingoistic fervor. The reality is this has always been a country that valued votes from one group over most others. Where the opinions of some are considered more important than the opinions of others.