• shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol
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    23 days ago

    If we remove just 1 county from each state, Trump would have won.

    Yeah, the more people you disenfranchise, the easier it is for fascists to gain power. That being said, this is sort of like saying, “The USA would be Republican if it weren’t for New York and California!”

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      22 days ago

      Guess you can do the same exercise with Hilary Clinton in the 2016 election. Select some key counties and turn on the election. Pretty stupid exercise, for a pretty stupid election system.

      • lars@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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        22 days ago

        When I first saw the blog post title, I assumed 2016 was where this was headed. Alas, my mind is tired of hearing of equality when there are people sleeping on the sidewalk and when swing-state and small-state Americans get an outsize role in running the place.

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    23 days ago

    Sheesh folks it’s not like I like this system or that man or his opponent or that the electoral college laughs last or that the popular vote win was pretty big but could have easily been undone again.

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    23 days ago

    This is incredibly important to keep in mind as we enter election season, if you have the means please donate to on the ground campaigns in these or similar areas. Every bit helps

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    21 days ago

    Damn I live in one of these. You guys are welcome

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      21 days ago

      I live in a county that will let me protest vote Biden in 2024 with literally zero risk

      The lefty dream?

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    22 days ago

    Arizona, Wisconsin, Georgia.

    Isn’t that where all the fake electors came from and where TheOrange wanted to find just 11,780 votes?

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    23 days ago

    Yeah, like. There it is.

    Sometimes I wish we had county level polling days, other-times, i’m glad we can’t analyze things this granularly.