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Nevilledog

(51,064 posts) Fri Nov 20, 2020, 02:56 AM Nov 2020

There are 35 American states with less than 7 million people.

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Jeet Heer
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A reminder: the votes are still being counted but Joe Biden is on track to win the popular vote by 7 million votes. There are 35 American states with less than 7 million people.
11:49 PM · Nov 19, 2020

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There are 35 American states with less than 7 million people. (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP

I used to think we Americans Abroad were 6 million DFW Nov 2020 #1

Yet they get a vote of equal value to the other far more populous states in the Senate. PSPS Nov 2020 #2

the Electoral College is just a lot of nonsense now Skittles Nov 2020 #3

DFW

(54,338 posts)

1. I used to think we Americans Abroad were 6 million

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Fri Nov 20, 2020, 03:15 AM

Nov 2020

I got corrected. We are NINE million strong, six million was just the number who vote. If we were a State, we would rank somewhere in the top third in population, and our electoral votes would matter plenty.