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eniwetok

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3. We have TWO elections....

Reply to randr (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 12:42 PM

Mar 2017

The first is with real voters... and this is the ONLY election from which we can determine voter intent... with the help of credible opinion polls. The second election is when states, using the antidemocratic EC formula which weighs the vote of citizens differently depending on state residence, translates... or bastardize, the actual votes of their citizens. In this case it's, with the rarest of exceptions... a mindless winner take all formula.

Bottom line... the EC vote tells us NOTHING about voter intent.

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URGENT NEED TO REFRAME 2016 ELECTION [View all] eniwetok Mar 2017 OP

Saw it too FakeNoose Mar 2017 #1

The actual number of people in the States that gave him an electorial victory randr Mar 2017 #2

We have TWO elections.... eniwetok Mar 2017 #3

Damn it if MADDOW is using the wrong frame.... eniwetok Mar 2017 #4