This is why we have the Electoral College and not a pure popular vote system. https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1124127669686349824 …
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As I noted in my Electoral College piece, a presidential candidate who is not even on the ballot in politically homogenous states - as Lincoln wasn't in the South in 1860 - skews the national popular vote.https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/what-the-electoral-college-saves-us-from/ …
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I used this hypothetical example: R candidate wins 48 states by identical 54-46 margins, D wins CA, NY & DC by 75-25 margins, D wins national popular vote. Who should win?pic.twitter.com/832nMi9j88
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The problem is that all but two states are winner-take-all. You win California by one vote, and you get 55 out of 538. A better solution is to assign electors by district. Maine and Nebraska already do this.
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I'm sympathetic to that idea, but it injects gerrymandering into the POTUS race.
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