Interview · moment 4 of 14
Post-Election Meltdown and the Popular Vote Obsession
from Torching Bridges (with David Angelo) · #31
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4 minGuest
David and Tim discuss the industry-wide 'nervous breakdown' after Trump's win, why pundits missed it despite huge rally crowds, and the fixation on the popular vote as a coping mechanism.
- 9:01David Angelo approaches things from a libertarian perspective and is good at fleshing out arguments and showing where they're wrong.
- 9:57After Trump got elected, people in the industry and comedy had a nervous breakdown as a mass.
- 10:58David knew Trump would win because nobody thought he would, and the shock is what everyone is still processing.
- 11:27The biggest red flag was Trump pulling 25,000 people to rallies while news outlets claimed he had no support and Hillary had tiny events.
- 11:56Hillary won the popular vote by 4 million, but if it were a popular vote election, both candidates would have campaigned in different places entirely.
- 12:24The popular vote obsession is part of coping with the loss, like a stage of grief—it's denial.
- 12:41In New York City, unless you were a Democrat you wouldn't vote because you know the state isn't going your way.