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The US Republican party hasn’t won the popular Presidential vote in the last 8 elections or so.

yucky 4y ago
There is no such thing as a popular presidential vote though. Using a baseball analogy, scoring more runs in a series doesn't matter, winning more games does. So you build your strategy with the idea in mind that if you're going to lose California anyway, lose it big and use those resources elsewhere. Also of note (and just as relevant), Republicans won the Popular vote for Congress by over 3 million.[1] [1] https://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/house-charts/national-house-vote-tracker/2022 https://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/house-charts/national-h...
- Bootvis 4y ago
  The GGGP discusses how most people are oriented and how that influences the training data for ChatGPT which does make the popular vote relevant.
  - yucky 4y ago
    Republicans won the Popular vote for Congress by over 3 million. So what does that tell us?
    - Bootvis 4y ago
      That the US is a divided country?
      - yucky 4y ago
        Sort of contradicts your original point though. But at this point we're entering Reddit-level discussion so there isn't much reason to go down that rabbit hole.
    - Larrikin 4y ago
      That less people show up to vote in midterm elections, those that do are usually motivated by opposition to the ruling power, and possibly that the less people allowed to vote legally is an advantage for Republicans. Also historically the last mid terms should have given massive gains in both houses instead of the extremely slim majority in a single house.
    - pixl97 4y ago
      Not really anything in a first past the post voting system where lots of people vote simply because they don't need to because their party will win the state already.
djkivi 4y ago
Over the last 40 years, a Republican has been president for 22 years, while a Democrat has been president for 18 years. Pretty even.
- jjj123 4y ago
  Right, but they haven’t won the popular vote. That strengthens the “outsized influence” point, right?
- HDThoreaun 4y ago
  Right, because the right wing has an outsize influence on society even though most voters are left wing.
throwaway4aday 4y ago
Being barely over 50% doesn't account for the amount of bias that ChatGPT shows.

There is no such thing as a popular presidential vote though. Using a baseball analogy, scoring more runs in a series doesn't matter, winning more games does. So you build your strategy with the idea in mind that if you're going to lose California anyway, lose it big and use those resources elsewhere. Also of note (and just as relevant), Republicans won the Popular vote for Congress by over 3 million.[1] [1] https://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/house-charts/national-house-vote-tracker/2022 https://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/house-charts/national-h...

Bootvis 4y ago
The GGGP discusses how most people are oriented and how that influences the training data for ChatGPT which does make the popular vote relevant.
- yucky 4y ago
  Republicans won the Popular vote for Congress by over 3 million. So what does that tell us?
  - Bootvis 4y ago
    That the US is a divided country?
    - yucky 4y ago
      Sort of contradicts your original point though. But at this point we're entering Reddit-level discussion so there isn't much reason to go down that rabbit hole.
  - Larrikin 4y ago
    That less people show up to vote in midterm elections, those that do are usually motivated by opposition to the ruling power, and possibly that the less people allowed to vote legally is an advantage for Republicans. Also historically the last mid terms should have given massive gains in both houses instead of the extremely slim majority in a single house.
  - pixl97 4y ago
    Not really anything in a first past the post voting system where lots of people vote simply because they don't need to because their party will win the state already.

djkivi 4y ago

Over the last 40 years, a Republican has been president for 22 years, while a Democrat has been president for 18 years. Pretty even.

jjj123 4y ago
Right, but they haven’t won the popular vote. That strengthens the “outsized influence” point, right?
HDThoreaun 4y ago
Right, because the right wing has an outsize influence on society even though most voters are left wing.

throwaway4aday 4y ago

Being barely over 50% doesn't account for the amount of bias that ChatGPT shows.