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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by DiogenesKynikos on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:25AM (#20765205)
Maybe if Clinton had bothered to campaign in the Rust Belt, she would have won. Trump's politics was aimed at industrial workers, and Clinton thought she didn't need them to win. She bet wrong.
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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by CompanionCuuube on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:55PM (#20781213)
But maybe it's better that candidates don't need the Rust Belt to win? How many voters are there, compared to places like LA and NYC?
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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by DiogenesKynikos on Saturday August 24, 2019 @05:33AM (#20786190)
Lots. The Rust Belt is heavily populated. We're talking about tens of millions of people in a region stretching from upstate NY to Illinois.
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