Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by stavros on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:03AM
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That's not what the GP means, the popular vote is likely to be for the Democrats, as has happened basically every election. It's only because of the electoral college system that Republicans win the presidency.
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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by vote4felon on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:08AM
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I would respectfully suggest you check the results before commenting, but I know reading TFA isn’t all that popular anymore.
Trump is currently leading by over 5,000,000 votes and there does not appear to be momentum to change that lead in the remaining precincts.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by stavros on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:10AM
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I don't know how US elections work, for all I know all the Democrat states haven't finished being counted yet.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by nkrisc on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:30AM
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Won’t matter. It doesn’t matter if Harris beats Trump by a billion votes in California.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by stavros on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:31AM
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It will for the popular vote, the vote we're talking about.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by EricDeb on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @05:10AM
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it will shrink with california but yes hes on track to win
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by verisimi on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:07AM
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Yes. The US does not have a democracy.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by DeathArrow on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:01AM
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But they do have free elections.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by verisimi on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:29AM
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Yes - they are free to vote, and the electoral college then selects who they put their votes towards to represent the voters, which is in line with the majority voting sentiment.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by Tainnor on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:05AM
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The current results are unfortunately such a blowout that Trump may very well be winning the popular vote. I guess this is what OP was referring to.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by stavros on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:07AM
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Ah interesting, I don't know enough about which states do what. Is it not at the point where the states we knew the results of have been tallied, and the swing states are still unknown?