• Arn_Thor@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    I also don’t need to miss the context of the discussion…

    Speaking of missing the context, my initial comment, to which you replied, was:

    Still maddening [that so many vote for him], but…

    Two things can be true at the same time. It’s maddening that so many vote for him, the electoral college is why republicans still win, and, I’ll throw you a bone, the electoral college probably wouldn’t be a problem if fewer people voted for Trump—but it would still be a damn stupid way to run an election.

    Let me introduce a hypothetical: the electoral college didn’t exist, Republicans saw they couldn’t win on current policies as far back as 2012 and were forced to moderate to win the popular vote. We might not be in this current political climate in the first place