US Politics

Sounds way sexier than it is, right?

Once Clinton made the call to trump to congratulate him she effectively officiall conceded the race. There was some consideration of calling for recounting but once that got beyond needing more than one or two close states then that position becomes untenable.

Once the race has been conceded, it would require some very significant and exceptional circumstances for the losing candidate to be able to launch a legal challenge to the outcome which is what would be needed for Clinton to take the presidency at this point.

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ˆˆYeah, the concession call is an important informal step.

Thankfully, President-elect Trump thinks that 'the Electoral College is a disaster for democracy' (Source: himself, twitter), so he'll probably take measures to get rid of it.

I'm working for a retired member of the U.S diplomatic service today. She's off to the embassy with a few rolls of trump face loo roll to distribute among the toilets. Pure class.

I went to a party at the Embassy earlier this year. In the foyer (next the the US Marine with the pump action shotgun) is a wall with portraits of various Presidents.
How we laughed when someone said they would have to take them all down to make room for the huge portrait of President Trump.

Good party though.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/10/nigel-farage-jokes-about-trumps-alleged-sexual-assaults

Just when you think Farage couldn't sink any lower.....

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/nov/10/john-lewis-christmas-advert-buster-the-bouncing-dog-a-sledgehammer-to-2016

Because anything else bar saying what you think like a 5 year old now is "political correctness gone mad!" ;)

He's happy to break things, but he's not happy to pay for them when he breaks them ;)

he's clearly angling for the ambassador gig.

i hope his cock drops off.

source, boing boing. Now perhaps the non voters would have been half trumpy/half hillary so further digging is needed.

I'd be interested to see what percentage of "didn't vote" cast a blank ballot in protest.

from the BBC earlier : "Adding fuel to the fire are results like Michigan's, where 110,133 cast a ballot without voting for a presidential candidate, and Clinton lost by just 13,225 votes. "

Wow. That's pretty extraordinary.

This is exactly why voting should be compulsory.

why should you be forced to vote for people you don't support?

Simplistic (and unconstitutional in the US) response to the problem.

You can still cast an empty ballot. But I assume people who are pissed off with the status quo are always more likely to vote than those who are complacent - and then we end up with President Trump.

make voting compulsory. Count spoiled votes as a vote of no confidence.

it sounds like people did cast ballots but chose not to vote for a presidential candidate

To be clear, you want the state to punish people for not voting?

statistically we are due

Stats don't work like that

No doubt. But how many do you think decided not to vote because they didn't believe Trump would get this many votes? The same happened over here with Brexit. I've overheard several people they're not going to vote because they didn't believe we would leave the EU anyway.

works in 'straya

http://www.aec.gov.au/Voting/Compulsory_Voting.htm

i think this would only work if the act of voting was made far simpler than what it is at the moment.

none of the above should be added
might get richard pryor for potus