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Trump was 3 counties, not 7 million votes, from beating Biden in 2020 (brilliantmaps.com)
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[-] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 57 points 5 months ago

If we remove just 1 county from each state, Trump would have won.

Yeah, the more people you disenfranchise, the easier it is for fascists to gain power. That being said, this is sort of like saying, "The USA would be Republican if it weren't for New York and California!"

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Guess you can do the same exercise with Hilary Clinton in the 2016 election. Select some key counties and turn on the election. Pretty stupid exercise, for a pretty stupid election system.

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago

When I first saw the blog post title, I assumed 2016 was where this was headed. Alas, my mind is tired of hearing of equality when there are people sleeping on the sidewalk and when swing-state and small-state Americans get an outsize role in running the place.

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 5 months ago

Sheesh folks it’s not like I like this system or that man or his opponent or that the electoral college laughs last or that the popular vote win was pretty big but could have easily been undone again.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

This is cool, and I love you ❤️

[-] HornyOnMain@fedia.io 18 points 5 months ago

This is incredibly important to keep in mind as we enter election season, if you have the means please donate to on the ground campaigns in these or similar areas. Every bit helps

[-] goatmeal@midwest.social 15 points 4 months ago

Damn I live in one of these. You guys are welcome

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago

I live in a county that will let me protest vote Biden in 2024 with literally zero risk

The lefty dream?

[-] tinylightshow@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 months ago

Arizona, Wisconsin, Georgia.

Isn't that where all the fake electors came from and where TheOrange wanted to find just 11,780 votes?

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Yeah, like. There it is.

Sometimes I wish we had county level polling days, other-times, i'm glad we can't analyze things this granularly.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Now what if we went even more granular all the way down to the individual? Like, each person is their own electoral college vote?

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 5 months ago

You can still analyze this having a normal election system where the candidate with more votes win.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I mean check my post history

[-] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 6 points 5 months ago

conflation

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