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In that the electoral college exists? Sure. In that if we did proportional voting different candidates would be elected? Probably. Then again somehow we manag
by crowbahr 4y ago
In that the electoral college exists? Sure.
In that if we did proportional voting different candidates would be elected? Probably.
Then again somehow we managed to elect Eric Adams in NYC despite him being the worst option.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> we managed to elect Eric Adams in NYC despite him being the worst option “Worst” as in favoured by every borough except the Manhattan political elite, with “Garcia’s support [being] strongly correlated with median household income…she topped 40 percent in each of the city’s five wealthiest Assembly districts” [1]. (Disclaimer: I probably align with the Manhattan political elite.) [1] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-eric-adams-won-the-new-york-city-mayoral-primary/amp/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-eric-adams-won-the-...