Sunday, February 12, 2017

How Trump's Agenda Clashes With What Americans Want

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/how-trumps-agenda-clashes-with-what-americans-want-w465914
"The wide divergence of public opinion from the agenda of America's GOP-led government highlights a dark reality: Republicans are only in command in Washington because our republic is undemocratic. Every Hillary Clinton supporter knows that Trump won in the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote by more than 2.8 million ballots. The undemocratic skew of the Senate is even more striking: Republicans now hold 52 seats in the majority – despite these senators having received 23 million fewer votes than the 48 Democrats who sit in the minority. These institutions privilege the votes of inland and rural voters above the populations of the coasts and America's urban centers."