People are somewhat surprised that the presidential candidate with most votes, Hillary Clinton, will not be president. 2 million votes more and the loser of the elections will be president, because of the electoral votes and all that. They forgot the same thing happened in 2000, when Al Gore lost to George Bush. Gore had more votes, but Bush won.
A reasonable person would think that a faulty system would be changed after that. But here we are, 16 years later, the same. Nice job, America!
In 2016, 2000, 1888, 1876, 1824 to be more exact. Americans have it this way for more than 200 years, and they choose not to make changes. Romania has a democratic constitution for 26 years and at every four years, at the elections are some candidates that would like to make some changes. The most recent regarding family members shows the lack of tolerance in Romanian society.