• gayhobbes [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    His second Tweet is more helpful than the first

    You'll sometimes see people say stuff like "Biden MUST with the popular vote by 3 points or he's toast". Not true; at 2-3 points, the Electoral College is a tossup, not necessarily a Trump win. OTOH, the Electoral College is not really safe for Biden unless he wins by 5+.

    We have the dumbest fucking system.

    • Grace [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      lmao yea, like whats gonna stop Trump from like, just not counting the votes as legitimate? Like, the post office just 'loses' all the ballots. What will libs do again? "Vote in 2024!"

        • star_wraith [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Which just, from a logic standpoint, drives me nuts. As if issues of institutional racism and poverty can be solved by cities, which have very little power compared to the federal government.

  • Crispo [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Imagine being so cucked by 18th century slaveowners that you defend the electoral college on their terms.

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    4 years ago

    Pretty much guaranteed to win the popular vote. But running up the score in California still doesn't mean shit if you're losing Florida by the same 500 votes Al Gore did.

  • PurrLure [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Most of the prediction charts I've seen for Biden winning include him winning Florida.

    Have they ever been to rural Florida? Good fucking luck with that.

  • NotAShrimp [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Yep I assumed even polling at ~42% nationally that could be a win for Trump. Although Biden is still doing OK in most polls it's still a 50:50

  • hellyesbrother [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I still think Biden ekes out a win with a 2004-like margin. But Liberal dreams of a 10+ point win are fooling themselves.