• garbology [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I love-hate that in the event of an electoral college tie or inconclusive result, the house of reps, majority dems, gets to decide, but in a gerrymandered way that lets the GOP decide anyway.

    The US constitution is so elaborately anti-democratic. They've thought of everything!

  • Lando [any]
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    4 years ago

    Trump wins in this scenario, it goes to the house. However the each state house delegation votes, not each representative, so Trump would have the majority. We have a wildly stupid system.

    • FaZe_oswald [any]
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      4 years ago

      the virgin simple ranked-choice popular vote vs the chad insane byzantine system designed by syphilitic slaveowners back when people believed in the four humours

    • RuthBaderGonesburg [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah it’s crazy that there’s actually a couple of plausible tie scenarios. An electoral college tie is exactly the finale we need for this year.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      After this election we might have to start calling him Nate Pewter.

  • OhWell [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Going by this map, all Trump has to do is flip Arizona and he wins. Something that is very possible.

    • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      He also has to hold on to Pennsylvania.

      And depending on how many brainworms you have: Florida, Ohio, NC, Texas, and Georgia (lol).

      • OhWell [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I think he can do it. Dems aren't winning Texas or Georgia lol. We hear this same stupid shit every 4 years about Texas supposedly turning blue.

        • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          The optimist/lib in me makes me want to believe Bernie could have flipped Texas by shoring up his latino support.

          But yeah Biden ain't winning Texas lol.

    • cracksmoke2020 [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Polls are better for Biden in PA even when accounting for geography than they are in AZ, this situation is incredibly unlikely.

  • SweetCheeks [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    god imagine a month long legal battle only for the supreme court to decide to stop the vote counting on a tie.

  • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    can maine actually split electoral college votes now? I know they changed stuff about their election, but idk if it's just part of the meme.

    • RuthBaderGonesburg [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Maine and Nebraska can split EC votes. Maine has one district that is usually red and Nebraska has a district that swings. Trump won them both last time.

      • cracksmoke2020 [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        It's worth pointing out that democrats won that Maine district pretty solidly in 2018, Bidens probably going to win it.

        • RuthBaderGonesburg [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah it’s definitely not a lock for Trump. Polls have it like +4 for Biden so it could probably go either way.