• @LovableSidekick
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    13 hours ago

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

    • @TempermentalAnomaly
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      13 hours ago

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

      • @LovableSidekick
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        3 hours ago

        Popular vote doesn’t have a meaningful role in determining the presidency, but all states except Maine and Nebraska allocate their electoral votes according to it. Well alrighty then, you have yourself a good day!

        • @TempermentalAnomaly
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          12 hours ago

          81 million Democrats voted in 2020, but only 71 million this year. Trump won by 3.5 million.

          This is the national popular vote.

          When states allocate their electoral votes, it’s based upon the state’s popular vote. So if a candidate gets the most votes in California. If only one person votes for that candidate in California, the candidate gets all the electoral votes in California. If everyone votes in Alaska, the winning candidate only gets Alaska’s electoral votes.

          The national popular vote isn’t meaningful in determining the president. The only determinant is the electoral college.

          • @LovableSidekick
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            12 hours ago

            Sure, the national popular vote total doesn’t determine the presidency, but it’s also not “meaningless”. The popular vote winner has won the presidency all but 5x in US history.