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Re: The Women's Marches maybe the largest in US history

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> extrapolate the popular vote over the rest of the non voting population isnt fair I don't know what you mean by "fair", but the non-voting population has much less influence over politics than the ones who vote. Regardless, we have surveys showing the opinions of non-voters and Trump, at least a couple weeks ago, was at record levels of unpopularity among Presidents-elect. But I don't see how it's relevant to the p…

>Regardless, we have surveys showing the opinions of non-voters and Trump, at least a couple weeks ago, was at record levels of unpopularity among Presidents-elect. They should have voted then. They didn't vote, and when the guy they don't like get voted into office, they get all angry. Well, they should have voted. >...elected officials are compelled to and do respect the opinions of voters. Trump does. He's going t…

> Trump does. He's going to implement his policies, since the voters have voted him to do so.

All voters have influence, not just the ones who voted for you and not just for one Tuesday every four years. He's the President of all Americans, not just Trump supporters.

Re: The Women's Marches maybe the largest in US history

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>Regardless, we have surveys showing the opinions of non-voters and Trump, at least a couple weeks ago, was at record levels of unpopularity among Presidents-elect. They should have voted then. They didn't vote, and when the guy they don't like get voted into office, they get all angry. Well, they should have voted. >...elected officials are compelled to and do respect the opinions of voters. Trump does. He's going t…

> Trump does. He's going to implement his policies, since the voters have voted him to do so. All voters have influence, not just the ones who voted for you and not just for one Tuesday every four years. He's the President of all Americans, not just Trump supporters.

Of course, his policies will help everyone. Who doesn't want security, jobs, lower taxes?
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