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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by cosmobot on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @07:13PM (#20762930)
It's worth noting that the same thing happened to the Democrats in 2000, and hadn't happened in the US at that point for over 100 years. Looked at from the perspective of the Democratic party: they have won the popular vote 4 out of the last 5 elections, but only won the presidency twice. It's not surprising the party's frustration with the Electoral College would continue to grow.

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

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by drak0n1c on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @07:19PM (#20762973)
Interestingly in 2008 Hillary Clinton won the popular vote to be the Democratic Nominee but did not become the Nominee. The Democrats criticize the EC, but also don't mind using a form of it internally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presiden...

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by hannasanarion on Thursday August 22, 2019 @12:31AM (#20764646)
Both of those are untrue.

Super delegates have never decided a Democratic primary, and Obama got more votes in 2008 (the official tally excludes Washington, Michigan, and Florida, who went for Obama but didnt publish vote tallies)

The delegate system is proportional, not winner-take-all, it is utterly unlike the electoral college.

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by justin66 on Friday August 23, 2019 @09:49AM (#20777560)
"Popular vote" is a deceptive concept here since some of the states rely on caucuses instead of primaries to choose their delegates to the convention.
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