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0 pointsthrow0101a5y ago0 comments

Using the word "convincing" in association with the Electoral College is a bit of a stretch (some would say ridiculous).

In 2016 Clinton was +2.9M votes, but 77K were in the "wrong" places (MI 10K; PA 44K; WI 23K) and so the minority candidate took the prize. Gore was +500K, but Bush got Florida by 537 votes, and that was the ball game.

Biden is +3.5M and things are still up in the air?

What a cockamamie system.

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akvadrako5y ago

You shouldn't be looking at the popular vote if nobody is try to win the popular vote. It's like judging a basketball game by whichever team makes more passes.

0101010101015y ago

It’s more like judging a basketball game by points but ignoring the three point line.

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