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Democracy is when only 14% of voters get to decide an entire election and the other 86% are functionally meaningless (hexbear.net)
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This is based on 43 states being considered "non-negotiable" and "set in stone" while only 7 are considered "swing" states

Also consider I specified "voters", who are at best only 2/3 of the total population, which leaves out about 100 million extra people

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[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 66 points 4 months ago

smug-explain: "Sure, we COULD abolish the electoral college so every American has a stake in the election and just do ranked choice voting instead, but that would hurt the GOP and WE CAN'T HAVE THAT!"

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago

"We need a healthy Republican party" - democrats

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