• @TempermentalAnomaly
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    87 days ago

    This was the second highest turnout in a hundred years. In the seven swing states turnout either met or exceeded 2020. This is not an interesting point.

    • @LovableSidekick
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      17 days ago

      It was a 12% drop in voting in probably the most crucial election in modern times. Sorry if it’s not an interesting enough meme.

      • @TempermentalAnomaly
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        07 days ago

        It’s meaningless in a system that uses an electoral college.

        • @LovableSidekick
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          7 days ago

          Popular vote isn’t meaningless, just distorted. There’s a limit to how much you can lose by and still manage to get enough electoral votes.

            • @LovableSidekick
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              7 days ago

              Good question. It would be difficult to calculate. I would start by examining electoral districts to find the ones where voters from the popular majority party in a state have been concentrated by gerrymandered so they will heavily win those districts but lose in most others, enabling the minority party to win that state. Then determine how many votes the gerrymandered party would need to overcome this by winning some of those other districts. Then do this for the whole country and add up the total.

              • @TempermentalAnomaly
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                17 days ago

                What does gerrymandering have to do with winning a state’s electoral college delegates outside of Maine and Nebraska? States award all their delegates to the winner of the states popular vote.

                • @LovableSidekick
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                  17 days ago

                  Ok then I’m wrong. How would you estimate it?

                  • @TempermentalAnomaly
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                    17 days ago

                    I wouldn’t. Popular vote doesn’t have a meaningful role in determining the presidency.