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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by zaroth on Friday September 18, 2020 @11:56PM (#24524876)
The alternative view is that CA, MA, and NY already get a Democrat candidate 95/270 or 35% of the way to the Presidency with just 20% of the population. Do those states really need a greater impact?
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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by TylerE on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:45AM (#24525160)
That's rather a disingenuous way to twist the numbers.

Those states are 20% of the population and 17% of the EC.

By taking advantage of the tiny states the EC can be won with less than 30% of the vote

https://www.npr.org/2016/11/02/500112248/how-to-win-the-pres...

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