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Re:Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook ... by grzm on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:41AM (#16695632)
Likely 'paulddraper is using 24 to mean 23 states + DC:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele...

(The election even included a faithless elector, something you don't see every day.)

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Re:Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook ... by paulddraper on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @04:12PM (#16701474)
Indeed. It was a vote by a Republican for the Libertarian nomination.

It was also notable for being the first electoral vote for a ticket with a woman.

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