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Originally Posted by willravel
If they're right, then it's on the American people to not fall for it.
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They're not right.
The US presidential election system is confusing. Ask the average US citizen on the street and I'll bet at 40% couldn't explain it with any degree of accuracy or detail. In late November, 2000 I took a dive trip down to Bonaire, if you dive you highly recommend it. One night during dinner and drinks a British couple asked me who I thought was going to come out on top, Bush or Gore. We discussed it a bit, I told them I hoped for Bush but didn't know what was going to happened (yeah, I voted for Jr. the first time around.) He asked "Do they always count Florida last?" I did my best to explain the electoral college. That just seemed to confuse them even more. I remember him saying, in a thick British accent, "Well who the bloody hell elects the electors?" "Umm, waiter we're gonna need another round of drinks here."
Another thing to consider is Mexico is definitively Latin. The news here includes US news to some degree but you're more likely to read stories out of central and south America. It's not unheard of for leaders in those countries to refuse to give up their hold on power.