"...if Minnesota had 26 less people in the 2020 census this map would be 269-269 instead of a Harris win... 26 people in Minnesota completely flip the outcome of the entire presidential election"
"...if Minnesota had 26 less people in the 2020 census this map would be 269-269 instead of a Harris win... 26 people in Minnesota completely flip the outcome of the entire presidential election"
I HATE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
I HATE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
CUBA HAS BETTER REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY THAN THE COUNTRY THAT CLAIMS IT INVENTED DEMOCRACY, HANKWithout the electoral college it's tyranny of the majority. It's much better that elections get decided based on where a bad batch of condoms got shipped 25 years ago.
Solution: getting rid of the electoral college AND the FPTP system.
It's like the old saying goes, a census form is worth 8,962 ballots
Can you believe I actually know someone in real life who is a sincere 'land area should = vote proportionality' guy?
I lived just outside of Silicon Valley for a time so I knew lots of scratched liberals like that. "Fiscally conservative, socially liberal" conservatives in denial that didn't want to be associated with the GOP because they liked to microdose and LARP as cool scenesters sex pesting around town when they weren't code-broing for their corporate masters.
Bit idea: land area = more electoral votes and then all of us on Hexbear move to Alaska and declare it the successor state of the CCCP.
Yes I've met lots of those people
Idk if this is true or not but it is extremely funny. This is definitely a very real and functional democracy.
According to some old rich slaveowners who enjoyed SV with their slaves, "tyranny of the majority" was scary and bad therefore remote locations should have people that matter more than everyone else.
I had a lib in a “far left” Discord server refer to the electoral college as a “lesser known” aspect of US elections and explained it in depth as if no one knew about it. I told him about the Alabama Paradox and he said that’s why we needed to vote for Kamala even harder.
if we make the rules complicated enough, then it's not our fault when the system grinds children into a paste
fake ass country
This assumes NC and NV don't go Democrat which I'll believe when I see it.
Kraz, actually New York would have gotten that congressional seat. This means it would still be 270-268!
I think that’s complete bullshit. A different population means earlier rounds of apportionment will go different, not just that one round. Which means you can’t calculate the population difference for losing a seat within a single round of apportionment.
By my guessing and checking, MN loses a seat at 864 less population, not 26. As others have pointed out, it would lose that seat to NY, so no electoral difference in that map.
So many people here just don't understand how elections work
If aliens invaded and were made from Bismuth, its likely that the current administration would see an electoral boost unless it was full of compradors or something.