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In 2014, the Turtle won re-election with 806,787 votes-- around 200,000 more than Grimes had...
So, what we have is someone who was elected by .6% of the US population tying up pretty much all national legislation.
In the case of the new supreme court justice, around 60% of the population refers to wait until after the new congress and president are installed.
(Or at least wait until RBG is in her grave. Have some respect!)
I have to go through the Federalist Papers again to see if this was brought up during the Constitutional Convention, but I suspect it was not part of the plan.
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