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If only ______ ballots were counted (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Dadam to c/mapporn

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[–] akhenaten0 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Big ol’ asterisk on the 2020 election, though:

Covid
Wide action to change voting to get around Covid
Wide belief among Republicans that Covid wasn’t real
Ergo, wide movement against changing elections around Covid

For these reasons alone, using any election map like this from 2020 is outside any norm. What about the 2016 or 2012 map? It may look similar, but won’t be nearly as drastic.

[–] Dadam 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Good point! I’ll see if the author has the same map for any previous elections.

Edit: So it seems like the maps were made as a part of a series by u/DustinGibson a while back. As far as I know, he has not posted any other elections.

[+] Blamemeta -31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For the record, covid was a real disease, but completely overblown. The measures were mostly not helpful, and targeted small businesses.

[–] BB69 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My father died due to somebody else believing the same, ignoring the guidelines, and spreading Covid to him.

So kindly shut the fuck up, yeah?

[–] SomeoneElse 16 points 2 years ago

At least 7 million people died as a very conservative estimate. Some estimates go as high as 30 million deaths. It’s the 4th most deadly epidemic/pandemic in the last millennia after the Black Death, Spanish flu, and HIV/AIDS. And that’s with all the lockdowns, social distancing measures and a truly groundbreaking rollout of vaccinations. There’s nothing overblown about that.

[–] Spacebar 11 points 2 years ago

I propose a new title to this post:

What would happen if every barrier to voting was removed vs what would happen if Republicans were allowed to implement all of the voter suppression tactics they can imagine.

[–] BB69 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you saying that if only in person ballots were counted, Trump wins every state?

[–] Dadam 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes. State recorders typically divide votes by demographics in raw data, so this data consists of the ratio of red:blue votes for both of those categories of voting.

[–] BB69 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I highly doubt Trump wins every single state. What’s the source for your info?

[–] Spacebar 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The map is nonsense. Democrats take advantage of early voting for so many reasons, Republicans prefer in-person election day voting for their own reasons.

There are many more Democrats than Republicans, they just don't vote as much. The map.could easily be labeled: what would happen if every barrier to voting was removed vs what would happen if Republicans were allowed to implement all of the voter suppression tactics they can imagine.

[–] Dadam 1 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately I am not the original creator of this map, however election results and demographics are provided by every state’s Secretary of State and/or elections office, and is accessible via each state’s respective website. For example, this is the website for Ohio.

[–] Famborghini 1 points 2 years ago

God if we get Trump/Biden or either one of them again as a candidate I’m going to throw a fucking fit.

[–] QuarterSwede 1 points 1 year ago

How are states with mail in voting counted? We don’t vote at a polling station (and it’s glorious) on Election Day. We typically vote well before hand. They just get counted on Election Day.