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That statistic seems pointless? Republicans won 3/8 of the last elections (bush x2 , trump x1) with 2 losing the national vote. So 6/8 rounds came through prope
by setr 4y ago
That statistic seems pointless? Republicans won 3/8 of the last elections (bush x2 , trump x1) with 2 losing the national vote. So 6/8 rounds came through properly.
More importantly, there’s apparently only been 5 presidents elected where popular vote != electoral vote[0].
Based on this metric… everything seems to be working mostly fine, with no apparent bias?
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_in_which_the_winner_lost_the_popular_vote https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presid...
- etchalon 4y agoThe issue is the trend is accelerating. It used be rare. It is no longer rare.
- prepend 4y agoIt’s not accelerating, you’re just biasing your sample based on what’s happened recently. These are different things. It’s pretty hard to declare a trend with such small numbers.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoThat is not my definition of mostly fine.