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Take that pesky liberals! (lemmy.world)

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[–] LovableSidekick 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

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 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TempermentalAnomaly 1 points 12 hours ago

I feel like we've strayed very far from the original statement.

I’m just gonna keep hammering this in for a while. 81 million Democrats voted in 2020, but only 71 million this year. Trump won by 3.5 million. But hey, at least all you righteous little angels aren’t “complicit in genocide”, right? Think about that while you polish your halos. YOU did this.

In our electoral college system the total national vote isn't the cause of a president getting elected. Many of the people who didn't turn out were in states that were already considered Democrat strongholds such as New Jersey. Only seven states mattered. They were close enough that the polls weren't able to tell who was in the lead. Both Republicans and Democrats spent a lot of money on spreading their message and getting out the vote. These seven states had record or near record turn out.

In light of all of this, what is your argument?