oh yeah. if john kerry had won ohio, i think there is a good chance republicans would have refused to concede under the *entirely reasonable argument* that bush won a majority of the voting public and archaic, arbitrary rules are no reason to overturn an electoral majority.https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1337554108698554369 …
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Four years after they did the same thing, my god
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You misremember. They thought they would win the popular vote and lose the EC in 2000, not 2004. But they were prepared to argue the EC needed to go then.
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I know about 2000 but I'm pretty sure in 2004 as well.
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In fact, the Bush campaign in 2000 was explicitly making the argument that they wouldn’t concede if Gore won the electoral college but lost the popular vote
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This was also their strategy in 2000. https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bush-set-fight-electoral-college-loss-article-1.881690 …
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I don't think Bush would have waged war on Gore's or Kerry's legitimacy the way Trump is, though. Or even tried to throw out Ohio's EVs. They'd have called for a constitutional amendment and the Dems might have conceded; it would die in the states.
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No. I think it was in 2000 bc the polls indicated Bush might win pop vote but lose EC, and Cheney led an internal group planning ways to flip electors.
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New York Daily News - November 1, 2000 https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bush-set-fight-electoral-college-loss-article-1.881690 …pic.twitter.com/Wa4NXN1Tu8
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That would have been from some Strict Constructionalists or, as they are more accurately known, Strict Contortionists.
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