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This is one of the Dictator's Handbook's earliest lessons (a book I cannot recommend enough, extremely insightful especially in the context of this election - h
by scrollaway 10y ago
This is one of the Dictator's Handbook's earliest lessons (a book I cannot recommend enough, extremely insightful especially in the context of this election - https://smile.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Politics/dp/1610391845 https://smile.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-...): Even though the path to victory in a democracy with a large electorate seems like it's about swaying millions of voters, the numbers are far, far smaller than they look especially in the US system.
- thrill 10y agoNot so sure it's that "easy". The millions of voters have to already be swayed in order for a few thousand in just-the-right-places to make the final difference. Thanks for the book link - it looks interesting!
- scrollaway 10y agoTrue, although it's not that high. In a 2 party system, a lot of people will just vote around the party lines. In fact, we talk a lot about how Trump was crossing the party lines, getting democrats to vote for him and republicans to vote against him, etc... but at the end of the day, red states voted red, blue states voted blue, and swing states were won/lost on very few votes.