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The popular vote does not matter. 1-2000000 of the popular votes could have just moved from NY, SF and LA to the rust belt and this would have made all the diff
by venomsnake 10y ago
The popular vote does not matter. 1-2000000 of the popular votes could have just moved from NY, SF and LA to the rust belt and this would have made all the difference.
The big corporations with democratic leaning CEO could have moved investment and jobs there.
You could have moved a lot of federal jobs there too.
And with them will come the people that will guarantee better demographic distribution.
The US election system is on the stupider side IMO, but a candidate cannot lose the popular vote, because such thing as popular vote does not exist.
- Johnny555 10y agoThe big corporations with democratic leaning CEO could have moved investment and jobs there. If a big corporation with a democratic leaning CEO moved to a state where the population was mostly republican, then the company would have a workforce that is mostly republican. Few people align themselves with the company's CEO's values, and even if the company was made up of mostly democratic workers, few people will follow their company to another state. If my company changed states, I'd get a job with a new company, my life just isn't that portable that I can pick up and leave with ease.