phoneymouse@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agoTrump blocked from Maine presidential ballot in 2024www.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1522arrow-down17
arrow-up1515arrow-down1external-linkTrump blocked from Maine presidential ballot in 2024www.bbc.co.ukphoneymouse@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squaresighofannoyance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·2 years agoThe real issue at the heart of all this is that the popular vote doesn’t win the presidency.
minus-squarekelargo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoSeriously. Didn’t Biden only win by like 43,000 votes in the electoral college?
minus-squarewoodenskewer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoThere’s only 538 votes total in the electoral college. It was 306/232. Unless I’m misunderstanding what you’re referring to, then, apologies.
minus-squareEstiar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIn competitive states, he won by only 43k votes as opposed to the many more votes he won by in the popular vote. In other words, had those votes been cast differently, the electoral college would be very different
minus-squarestringere@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoRepublicans have not won the popular vote for a president since HW Bush.
The real issue at the heart of all this is that the popular vote doesn’t win the presidency.
Seriously. Didn’t Biden only win by like 43,000 votes in the electoral college?
There’s only 538 votes total in the electoral college. It was 306/232. Unless I’m misunderstanding what you’re referring to, then, apologies.
In competitive states, he won by only 43k votes as opposed to the many more votes he won by in the popular vote. In other words, had those votes been cast differently, the electoral college would be very different
Republicans have not won the popular vote for a president since HW Bush.