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So, on a different "popular vote" . . .

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. . . no less fictional than the Presidential "popular vote" . . .

The total "popular vote" for the House of Representatives gives the Republicans a 3-4 million vote advantage (a much wider gap than Hillary's), yet they lost 5 seats (so far).

:shrug: It is what it is. No one's complaining about it.
 
Harshaw said:
. . . no less fictional than the Presidential "popular vote" . . .

The total "popular vote" for the House of Representatives gives the Republicans a 3-4 million vote advantage (a much wider gap than Hillary's), yet they lost 5 seats (so far).

:shrug: It is what it is. No one's complaining about it.
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Democrats received more popular votes in 2012 but kept the house. Karma's a bitch and everything balances out in the end.
 
Well, if we did not spend so much time gerrymandering congressional districts to ensure an outcome perhaps this would not be such a problem.
 
OrphanSlug said:
Well, if we did not spend so much time gerrymandering congressional districts to ensure an outcome perhaps this would not be such a problem.
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It ISN'T a problem.
 
Harshaw said:
. . . no less fictional than the Presidential "popular vote" . . .

The total "popular vote" for the House of Representatives gives the Republicans a 3-4 million vote advantage (a much wider gap than Hillary's), yet they lost 5 seats (so far).

:shrug: It is what it is. No one's complaining about it.
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The popular vote thing is a farce as well.

Clinton won NY by 1.5M votes and Ca by 2.5M but overall only came in 400k voted ahead of Trump. The whole reason we have an electoral college is so that states like NY and CA don't get sole say in the election. 16% of her votes came from just those two states.
 
Lutherf said:
The popular vote thing is a farce as well.

Clinton won NY by 1.5M votes and Ca by 2.5M but overall only came in 400k voted ahead of Trump. The whole reason we have an electoral college is so that states like NY and CA don't get sole say in the election. 16% of her votes came from just those two states.
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Sure, but those two states also make up slightly more than 16% of the US population so...
 
BrewerBob said:
Sure, but those two states also make up slightly more than 16% of the US population so...
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Right. That's why they get their electoral votes and only their electoral votes. We are a union of 50 states and no state gets more than its fair share of the vote.
 
BrewerBob said:
Sure, but those two states also make up slightly more than 16% of the US population so...
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Yes but whether the state gives hillary 50.01% of the vote or 99% of the vote, the same electoral votes are awarded in winnder takes all states.

Anything over the victory over those states count as the same electoral votes, they are not rollover minutes where you can use the unused portion later.
 
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