• PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOP
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    18 hours ago

    And, if you add up all the counties of the United States and give one vote for each county, he won a massive victory, like those entirely-red maps that right wingers like to post that ignore population. The point is, though, that’s not an accurate way to count who is popular and not.

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      16 hours ago

      He won the popular vote too though. That was supposedly impossible for Republicans in the modern era.

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      17 hours ago

      It may not be an accurate way to count, but it IS the way this country counts elections. By the rules of the game, we lost; in a big way.

      • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOP
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        17 hours ago

        And then I say, “Yes, but that’s not an accurate way to count who’s popular.” And then you say, “Yes, but it is our current system, and determines who won the election.” And then I say, “But that’s not the point, if you read the article, it’s talking about popularity specifically.” And then you say, “But popularity doesn’t define the results of the election, the real point is, by our current system, he won by a lot” And basically we can keep going like that forever.

        Sounds like fun, right?