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Re:Google’s top news link for ‘final election results’ is a ... by mi100hael on Monday November 14, 2016 @03:29PM (#12953035)
I think it's somewhat ironic that usually the people complaining about their vote not mattering come from states like CA or NY that are guaranteed to go to one party, and they complain that the only votes that matter are in swing states.

To me, it seems that the people that should be pissed are the ones in swing states, since the winner-take-all nature of the EC means half of those states are completely un-represented.

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Re:Google’s top news link for ‘final election results’ is a ... by alwaysdoit on Monday November 14, 2016 @03:57PM (#12953291)
Agreed, it doesn't matter whether you're in the majority or the minority, everything above the 50% line is ignored. In fact, if there's a third party in play, more than half of the votes are ignored.
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