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It’s pretty easy: if someone is projected to win, voters who were planning to vote for that person might stay home to avoid “wasting their time” since they’re g
by orev 3y ago
It’s pretty easy: if someone is projected to win, voters who were planning to vote for that person might stay home to avoid “wasting their time” since they’re going to win anyway. Then that person doesn’t win because the voters didn’t show up.
- LgWoodenBadger 3y agoOr conversely, people don’t go out and vote for their candidate because their candidate is projected to lose.
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- SllX 3y agoPeople are going to make their own electoral decisions on their own terms, whether you, or I or anyone else agrees with them or how they came about their decisions. That’s about as democratic as it gets. Forecasts can inform those decisions, but they don’t decide them. EDIT: I have no love for iOS’s tendency to capitalize “democratic” or “republican” against my wishes.
- peteradio 3y agoWhich is remarkably stupid considering election day is voting for dozens or more positions.