People don’t vote because they see the system is rigged so the popular vote isn’t a great standard to go by either, it’s a product of the system as well
If you had 100% turnout the popular vote would be very different.
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dan1101@lemm.ee 2 months agoIf Trump won the electoral college but not the popular vote I’d say it is.non-Democratic. But he won the popular vote too. So half the country are just self destructive.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
People don’t vote because they see the system is rigged so the popular vote isn’t a great standard to go by either, it’s a product of the system as well
Yeah, I didn’t even bother. My area is such a strong republican district that my vote is functionally irrelevant. Hell, they didn’t even bother with democrat candidates on a local level.
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 months ago
Quite the change from 2016, when he lost the popular vote by almost 3 million. Congrats, 'murica.
dan1101@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yeah we are not trending in the right direction here.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
There were no good options. And that’s because of the electoral system.
dan1101@lemm.ee 2 months ago
There was a so-so option and a terrible option IMO.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
In other words, no good options. Few people were truly excited to vote for Kamala. That’s the issue.
jacktherippah@lemmy.world 2 months ago
California has only counted around half their votes so a popular vote win for Kamala could be a thing.