Candidate polling 574,065 votes more is loser still under queer American elections system !
Trump’s opponents protest (video )
(Lanka-e-News -13.Nov.2016, 11.30PM) One of the fundamental requirements of Democracy is conceding victory to the candidate who won on the votes of the majority of the people .In America this Democratic requirement is not followed . Although Hilary Clinton won with a larger number of votes , she has been declared the loser and Donald Trump who polled less votes has won. This is because of the election system in the U.S.
The number of votes polled by Hilary Clinton is : 60,839, 922 (47.78 % of the votes) as against Trump who polled only 60, 265,858 votes (47.33 %) .Accordingly ,Hilary has polled 574,064 votes more than Trump.
Simultaneously with the presidential election , members are appointed to the Senate and the lower assembly . The candidate who is the leader of the team with the representation exceeding 270 members is declared the winner .Trump won with 290 representatives which is in excess of 270. In other words , the wishes of the majority of people is rejected.
Tens of Thousand of people took to the streets today to protest that Trump is not their president. The main slogan of theirs was ‘Racist sexist anti Gay Trump go away.’
The Sri Lankans who are loquacious about the new election system here should study this queer system profoundly with a view to minimize the errors in our own proposed election system.
A live video footage of those opposing Trump can be viewed hereunder
