• Jason Kraus
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    43 months ago

    @FlowVoid @Soulg true, but then it won’t be the *majority* of people who didn’t “have a voice” which is a stark improvement over the current situation

    • @FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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      -63 months ago

      The president almost always gets a majority of the popular vote.

      Of course I think the president should always, not almost always, get a majority. But that just requires switching to a national popular vote, not one of the various other schemes under discussion.

      • Enkrod
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        33 months ago

        Republicans won both 2000 and 2016 despite losing the popular vote.

        • @FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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          03 months ago

          Right, which is why I said almost always instead of always. Out of 57 contested elections, the popular vote winner won 52.