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> 1. 300 million people are not registered voters. ~50-60 million are. Each candidate of two in 2016 USA presidential elections got approximately as many votes
by avmich 7y ago
> 1. 300 million people are not registered voters. ~50-60 million are.
Each candidate of two in 2016 USA presidential elections got approximately as many votes. So total number of voted - not registered to vote - is twice as much.
- Animats 7y ago2016 popular vote, President: Donald J. Trump Republican 62,980,160 Hillary R. Clinton Democratic 65,845,063 Gary Johnson Libertarian 4,488,931 Jill Stein Green 1,457,050 Evan McMullin Independent 728,830 2000 popular vote, President: George W. Bush Republican 50,456,002 Al Gore Democratic 50,999,897 Ralph Nader Green 2,882,955 Patrick J. Buchanan Reform 448,895 Harry Browne Libertarian 384,431 Howard Phillips Constitution 98,020 If the US had either a popular vote system or a ranked vote system state by state, the outcome would have been different. Nader had more votes in Florida than the difference between Bush and Gore.
- galfarragem 7y agoDevil's advocate (I'm not even American): would the parties' results have been the opposite and the same people that support popular vote would still insist on it? Or with different words: if you were living in a state with low density, would you still think that strict popular vote is fair?