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Re:US election system reveals frightening vulnerabilities at... by stephengillie on Sunday October 28, 2018 @01:49PM (#18321848)
> Bad ideas directly impact only ~2% of the country.

If only populations were so evenly distributed. 1/2 of Americans live east of the Mississippi, on 1/3 of the Continental US, and about 1/2 of the rest live on the West Coast. The mideastern states have very few residents.

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Re:US election system reveals frightening vulnerabilities at... by Armisael16 on Sunday October 28, 2018 @06:55PM (#18323722)
What are the mideastern states?

If you mean the Midwest then I regret to inform you that Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan are all in the top 10 most populous states.

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Re:US election system reveals frightening vulnerabilities at... by stephengillie on Sunday October 28, 2018 @07:55PM (#18323978)
Yes, those 3 Mideastern states are east of the Mississippi.

They're in the middle of the continent, and east of my state, so they are mideast to me. Not to be confused with Arabia, east Mediterranean, and Persian gulf.

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