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elocs

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3. Sorry, I don't buy this popular vote hoopla as being meaningful

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 09:20 AM

Dec 2018

because that's not how our electoral system works.
Yes, Hillary beat Trump by millions of popular votes but we don't elect our presidents by popular vote. If we only could have moved 100,000 or so of those votes over to Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania to win those states. But it's not the total of popular votes from all over the country, but it's where those votes are cast that matters.

It's like the loser of a 7 game World Series claiming, "but we scored more runs".
It's not the total runs scored but the individual games in which they occurred.

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Over 60 Million People Voted For Democrats In The Midterms. That's Catastrophic For The GOP [View all] Soph0571 Dec 2018 OP

we need 75 million to vote in 2020 and have hispanic/latinos double their numbers beachbum bob Dec 2018 #1

Well, our new residents from Puerto Rico didn't vote in FL in the numbers OrlandoDem2 Dec 2018 #2

Sorry, I don't buy this popular vote hoopla as being meaningful elocs Dec 2018 #3

That' an excellent analogy. K&R, nt. druidity33 Dec 2018 #4

that is also looking pretty good dsc Dec 2018 #5

Walker lost in WI because you can't gerrymander a statewide election. elocs Dec 2018 #8

yeah but that means we would win WI if we can replicate that dsc Dec 2018 #11

I'll be quite surprised if our nominee doesn't win MI, PA and WI in 2020. Garrett78 Dec 2018 #24

The graphic of the tweet date/time doesn't correspond with the actual tweet BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #6

that is not entirely true dsc Dec 2018 #12

However with the MS district BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #14

Greenville is not a big city dsc Dec 2018 #15

Wikipedia on Greenville: Garrett78 Dec 2018 #17

I live in a city with a population of almost 1.6 million (Philadelphia) BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #20

Losing suburban voters, educated women in particular Zambero Dec 2018 #7

I think they'll just go back to using a dog whistle instead of a bullhorn. Garrett78 Dec 2018 #18

Nowadays the two have reached approximately the same volume Zambero Dec 2018 #21

It was a big win, but I wouldn't put too much stock in particular numbers onenote Dec 2018 #9

So IOW, Chump energized the shit out of both sides in the 2018 Midterms. But I think bullwinkle428 Dec 2018 #13

The other disheartening reality is... Garrett78 Dec 2018 #19

Well, in 2000 there could've been 15 million democratic babies born before Nov and everyone of them uponit7771 Dec 2018 #10

That's great but don't let it go to our heads Rizen Dec 2018 #16

K&R Scurrilous Dec 2018 #22

kick Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #23