• @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.