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In reply to the discussion: Can Someone Become President With 24% Of The Popular Vote? [View all]Ezior
(505 posts)51. You could probably become president with 0.01% of the popular vote
Imagine this:
- Everyone (100% turnout) votes Hillary in a group of states, but all those states combined don't have a majority in the EC.
- The other states send a majority of electors to the EC, but in each state, only 1 guy decides to cast his vote. He votes for Trump. (Turnout is almost 0% in those states.)
=> A few dozen people voted for Trump and millions voted for Hillary, she wins 99.9..% of the popular vote, but Trump becomes president.
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With help from Russia and the continuing of gerrymandering it could be possible.
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#1
Gerrymandering and vote suppression YES. And yes it does have to do with Russia
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#3
If you think election integrity is a right wing meme then you're speeding trumps story.
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#13
Im Talking about all the machines the suppression the cross check. The INTEGRITY
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#40
If there were NO voter suppression that would never happen. It's only happened 3 times
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#42
Not saying there is no bias. And the EC should absolutely vote with the winner of popular vote.
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#58
They wrote all men are created equal but what they really meant are only white men
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#61
Trump job rating in Michigan as of May was 61% unfavorable only 12% positive
stevenleser
Jul 2017
#15
Back in March Trump approval level in Wisconsin was 41% and disapproval was 47%
stevenleser
Jul 2017
#16
That is not correct. You need one more than half the electoral votes to win. Otherwise...
stevenleser
Jul 2017
#18
I did understand what you were saying and my response remains: it's unsupported.
stevenleser
Jul 2017
#53
It'll happen only after a Republican candidate wins the popular vote but loses the EC vote.
NYC Liberal
Jul 2017
#46
"which also deprive the Dems control of the Senate." - are you proposing eliminating states? n/t
PoliticAverse
Jul 2017
#52
Isn't it absurd enough that the losing candidate got 3 million more votes than the winner?
Tiggeroshii
Jul 2017
#63