My reaction to this is the same as ppl wanting to turn the general election proportional - great if everyone does ithttps://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/734746691979485186 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
When you only care about it in the places where it benefits you... sideeye
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Replying to @arthur_affect
(There's a group of Republicans who push every 4 years to make the EC district based rather than winner take all, but only in blue states)
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Replying to @arthur_affect
of course districts are manipulated via gerrymandering so even if that WERE nationwide it's a power ploy vs proportionate
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Replying to @mumbly_joe
anything other than a straight popular nationwide vote is ridiculous
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mumbly_joe
sometimes I think the hanging chads were an unfortunate distraction from the fact that Gore unambiguously got MORE VOTES
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mumbly_joe
and if there hadn't been this recount BS the story would've been "Bush won the election by getting FEWER VOTES"
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"this election was so close it turned on a few ballots in Miami Dade" except Gore got 300K more votes
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