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Err, no. Winning the most votes is not "one of the ways you can slice it" -- it's the natural criterion that almost universally comes to mind when you ask someb
by hyperbovine 9y ago
Err, no. Winning the most votes is not "one of the ways you can slice it" -- it's the natural criterion that almost universally comes to mind when you ask somebody how democracy should be implemented.
- ng12 9y agoWell, maybe if you founded a federated republic and wanted each state to decide independently how to cast their votes for the president it might make sense. It really doesn't matter what's "natural" though. It's like talking about who had more pieces on the board at the end of a game of chess. You knew the rules and you still lost by them. If you had changed the rules the entire matchup would have gone differently.
- chrischen 9y agoOf course I know the rules; I was born into them!
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- orbifold 9y agoWinning the most votes is irrelevant if the contest was something different. I‘m sure the campaigns would have looked differently if the contest had been about the number of votes.