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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by danaris on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @05:18PM (#20761939)
It even works both ways. I know people here in NYS who don't go to the polls to vote Democrat because they know they don't have to—the state as a whole voting Democrat is a foregone conclusion, so what does their vote matter?
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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by mamon on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:01PM (#20762319)
Which is also why trying to question, say, Trump win based on popular vote is stupid: yes, he got 46% of votes vs 48% for Clinton, but if there was no Electoral College and every vote counted people would probably have voted differently. How differenlty? We'll never know until we try :)
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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by Izkata on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:32PM (#20762629)
He's also said he'd have organized his campaign visits differently, which would've altered the result even further.
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