mozz@mbin.grits.dev to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoIt’s vitally important that Democrats now ask one question and one question only: Does Biden have the best chance of beating Trump, or is there someone else readily available who has a better chance?robertreich.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square273fedilinkarrow-up1388cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1388external-linkIt’s vitally important that Democrats now ask one question and one question only: Does Biden have the best chance of beating Trump, or is there someone else readily available who has a better chance?robertreich.substack.commozz@mbin.grits.dev to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square273fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-24 months agoThose people are still voting blue. The issue is getting everyone else on board. “Vote blue no matter who” can’t carry the election entirely on its own and never could. 2020 was won on razor margins.
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoWe need to get rid of the electoral college. Biden beat Trump by 7 million votes. That it was “razor thin” is because of the electoral college. Hillary lost to Trump despite winning the popular vote by 3 million because of the electoral college. Gore lost because of Florida’s electoral college (and all the fuckery there) despite winning the popular vote by 0.5million.
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months agoI strongly agree with you but that’s not going to change the fact that we still have to contend with the EC this election cycle. Edit: also gore didn’t lose by either metric he just didn’t stick it out for the recount
minus-squareCosmicomical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIt would be enough to make an amendment so that the shape of electoral districts must be convex. This would make gerrymandering impossible.
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoHow do you actually fit together exclusively convex shapes?
Those people are still voting blue. The issue is getting everyone else on board. “Vote blue no matter who” can’t carry the election entirely on its own and never could. 2020 was won on razor margins.
We need to get rid of the electoral college.
Biden beat Trump by 7 million votes. That it was “razor thin” is because of the electoral college.
Hillary lost to Trump despite winning the popular vote by 3 million because of the electoral college.
Gore lost because of Florida’s electoral college (and all the fuckery there) despite winning the popular vote by 0.5million.
I strongly agree with you but that’s not going to change the fact that we still have to contend with the EC this election cycle.
Edit: also gore didn’t lose by either metric he just didn’t stick it out for the recount
It would be enough to make an amendment so that the shape of electoral districts must be convex. This would make gerrymandering impossible.
How do you actually fit together exclusively convex shapes?