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[-] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 120 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In 2016, the blue team won by 3 million votes and still lost the election. The system is broken. I'll still vote blue, but I don't think it will matter, especially since I'm not in a swing state.

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[-] errer@lemmy.world 54 points 6 months ago

Matters for your more local elections. Those swing states still send a lot of republicans to Congress every election. And control of Congress is pretty damn important.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

More important than who's president.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

Turning 35 this September. Only 1 Republican has won the popular vote since I was born.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 6 months ago

Well yeah, that's why they love the EC (and idea of land >>> people)

[-] freeman@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 months ago

They don't care.

Sure they will tell people that democracy will end if Trump is reelected but actually trying to fix the voting system is too hard.

Not that there has been any movement to do something about it. Just vote Democrat™.

[-] franklin@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The electoral college, first past the post and gerrymandering basically make the American electoral system a joke

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