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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink33•6 months agoThe real issue at the heart of all this is that the popular vote doesn’t win the presidency.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•6 months agoSeriously. Didn’t Biden only win by like 43,000 votes in the electoral college?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•6 months agoThere’s only 538 votes total in the electoral college. It was 306/232. Unless I’m misunderstanding what you’re referring to, then, apologies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•6 months agoIn competitive states, he won by only 43k votes as opposed to the many more votes he won by in the popular vote. In other words, had those votes been cast differently, the electoral college would be very different
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months agoThis. And it was too close for those competitive electoral votes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoRepublicans have not won the popular vote for a president since HW Bush.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months agoDoesn’t matter. The electoral college is the only thing that counts.
The real issue at the heart of all this is that the popular vote doesn’t win the presidency.
Seriously. Didn’t Biden only win by like 43,000 votes in the electoral college?
There’s only 538 votes total in the electoral college. It was 306/232. Unless I’m misunderstanding what you’re referring to, then, apologies.
In competitive states, he won by only 43k votes as opposed to the many more votes he won by in the popular vote. In other words, had those votes been cast differently, the electoral college would be very different
This. And it was too close for those competitive electoral votes.
Republicans have not won the popular vote for a president since HW Bush.
Doesn’t matter. The electoral college is the only thing that counts.