jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agoHistorian who predicted 9 of the last 10 election results says Democrats shouldn't drop Joe Bidenwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1363arrow-down146file-text
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkHistorian who predicted 9 of the last 10 election results says Democrats shouldn't drop Joe Bidenwww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·5 months agoAnd the popular vote means fuck all for the election anyway, so who cares about this system if it didn’t factor in the electoral college?
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 months agoThe system is currently meant to predict the electoral college winner, not the popular vote winner.
minus-squareDMBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI don’t think it means fuck-all. IIUC to win the necessary Electoral College votes, one has to win at least 37% of the popular vote in a 2-way (or mostly 2-way) race.
And the popular vote means fuck all for the election anyway, so who cares about this system if it didn’t factor in the electoral college?
The system is currently meant to predict the electoral college winner, not the popular vote winner.
I don’t think it means fuck-all. IIUC to win the necessary Electoral College votes, one has to win at least 37% of the popular vote in a 2-way (or mostly 2-way) race.