• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    Plus the system is rigged to count rural (and thus usually more conservative) votes more, so sane people have to turn out in greater numbers to keep sociopaths out of the white house

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      Then the people whose votes don’t matter electorally decide that the popular vote isn’t relevant, so they don’t bother.

      Hey guys! If Kamala wins the popular vote by >70% but loses the election, there will be riots. There could be a revolution. And she has the numbers to do that if you guys could just vote.

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        If Kamala wins the popular vote by >70% but loses the election, there will be riots. There could be a revolution.

        It’s adorable you think the Dems have the spine for that sort of thing.

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          agreed, Dem centrists havent even reached the concerned letter writing stage over a genocide. Thet are pretty far from any revolution.

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        My state is already called with 82% for Harris! I’m sure the final won’t be nearly that good but we’re on track to beat our previous score of 69% blue.

        We’re doing what we can for popular vote