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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by macintux on Saturday November 07, 2020 @05:13PM (#25020084)
> No major party can have a platform that doesn't allow them to get a majority of the vote.

That’s patently false: one Republican president in 28 years has been elected with a majority of the vote.

On the local level, gerrymandering and vote suppression are both tactics to get around the need to appeal to a majority, and the GOP has embraced both.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by cmurf on Saturday November 07, 2020 @05:44PM (#25020367)
The Electoral College system effectively subsidizes the Republican party by giving it presidential wins it doesn't deserve, by giving empty land a vote. It's a national election, and it should be one person one vote, not a case where a Wyoming vote counts 7x that of a California vote.

If it weren't winning the presidency, it would be compelled to be more competitive. No major party exists nationally without winning presidential elections.

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