KSena's Journal

haha, i wish i felt like my vote actually counted. i don't know how it works in Sweden but getting the majority vote doesn't mean you'll win the presidency here. If it did, Al Gore would have beat George Bush in 2000: "Al Gore had over half a million votes more than George W. Bush, with 50,992,335 votes to Bush's 50,455,156. But after recount controversy in Florida and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Bush was awarded the state by 537 popular votes. Like most states, Florida has a "winner takes all" rule. This means that the candidate who wins the state by popular vote also gets all of the state's electoral votes. Bush became president with 271 electoral votes."

but anyways, i'm really hoping Hillary Clinton runs again. i'd like to see a woman in the oval office for a change. it also doesn't help that the US only has 2 real parties, which are SO evenly divided it's ridiculous. i wish other parties had a fighting chance but they really don't. plus the house and senate are usually divided too since their majority parties tend to be the opposite of one another, and so NOTHING EVER GETS PASSED because everyone cockblocks each other from accomplishing anything significant. it'd be different if the republicans and democrats had overlapping agendas but they're pretty much polar opposites at this point