How Donald Trump could lose the popular vote and still win the election | Planet America

On this episode of Planet America: The conventions are over and the election is just two months away, but is Joe Biden actually blowing it? Meanwhile, John Barron explains how losing the popular vote can still win you the presidency, and Chas Licciardello fact-checks Donald Trump’s attempt to win over sceptical black voters.

[peggypiercefield]

Jesus loves you and wants to be a part of your life.

[shirro]

They are both so old. And the politics is infantile. It is astonishing that a country with so many competent, clever people can't find better leadership and a unified way forward.

[williamchamberlain]

Didn't he lose the popular vote last time round?

[ro]

It’s called the electoral college... we’re not a pure democracy at all where every vote counts. We’re the United States... The states are all separate from one another and if it was decided by pure voting numbers the three biggest cities could control the entire country with votes if that was the case. We need the electoral collage for smaller states and smaller groups of people to have a voice

[marcleach]

At the rate thing are going trump isn’t only just going to win the electoral but the popular vote as well

[samvanders]

Thanks for proving impartial reporting still has a place

[aussiebear]

This isn't fair or impartial journalism.

[nicholashockings]

Keep up the great reporting lads. Any chance you can produce a planet Australia in the future?

[cmp]

In early July I thought Biden would win. Come early August I changed my mind to Trump.
Now I think that there will be a Trump Slide.

[slumgullianpass]

Since when in America did the majority vote matter. Answer - NEVER

[alexanderclaylavin]

I love how this show accepts as a basic precept the willful ignorance, frenzied madness, shameless fraudulence, and passionate brutality at the core of America. If you will, the Simpsonian thing.

[clarenceedwards]

The irony about language is the ability to twist and twirl it to make even the guilty look innocent. If you take a look at the video, it would suggest to anyone that Rittenhouse was defending himself against attack, so we can forgive Mr Trump for his myopia; but answer this question for me: what mission was he on arming himself with a high-powered weapon and leaving his home state to arrive in another state to attend a protest movement? To the best of my knowledge he is not in law-enforcement. Because if you can answer that question objectively, it really doesn't look like self-defense anymore. If you came to a party armed, may I suggest that you arrived there with the intention of doing some harm.

[STubes]

Does that cop really think attacking someone on the ground is peacefully protesting, or is that just the bizarro world we live in now?

[ldujpve]

Hope the Democrats are more mindful of how the manipulation of voting works and that it is not enough to win the popular vote. Beyond horrifying to see events in the US over the last 4 years. Trump is just so despicable.

[MrMikeymontemayor]

funny how they use foren anchors to mantain an air of imparciality

[Joshua-chij]

Lose the popular vote 😂 have these people even been to a trump rally

[mauriziogiacoppo]

HOPE MR TRUMP CAN WIN FOR A BETTER WORLD

[barbarakiewe]

Here's a quiz for you. What's more difficult? Stepping out of the way and allowing an economy to recover naturally from a disastrous event, with unemployment starting at a depression-era level like 25%. Or intervening to impact an economy that has already experienced the bulk of its natural bounceback, with unemployment starting at a more typical level like 8-10%. If you know the correct answer to this quiz, you also understand why what Trump did for black unemployment is so remarkable. If you don't understand the issue, you say absurd things like "2.135 is still bigger than 1.304, so what's the big deal".

[seanbirtwistle]

that shooting is just sad. any kid with an assault rifle would have done the same id say. gun shots and people chasing you all over in a couple of seconds. you might as well give car keys to a 9 year old and wish them the best of luck

[seriouslyyoujest]

A better discussion is how one could vote for dementia Joe, backed up with 2% Kamala?