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JanMichael

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12. 1st time I've seen that #. But winning EC (lose pop) for Dems not recently or in the last 40 years.

Tue Dec 15, 2020, 08:55 PM

Dec 2020

Don't know the last time that happened with a Dem winning the EC and losing the popular vote?

It's happened for conservatives twice since 2000. That I know.

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Cook Political: Trump was only 65,009 votes away from winning -- despite Biden's 7 million vote lead [View all] pnwmom Dec 2020 OP

That's frightening Stinky The Clown Dec 2020 #1

Terrifying. pnwmom Dec 2020 #4

Horrifying Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #9

The Electoral College is a huge scam. It needs to die. Funtatlaguy Dec 2020 #2

It was created to count black people for representation purposes without allowing them to vote RAB910 Dec 2020 #11

This! bamagal62 Dec 2020 #42

Ban the EC. nt JanMichael Dec 2020 #3

The American people need to demand getting rid of this bullshit. madaboutharry Dec 2020 #5

Won't happen until a Democrat loses the popular vote but wins the EC. Crunchy Frog Dec 2020 #13

So seven million voters were disenfranchised by the Electoral Vote pecosbob Dec 2020 #6

In 2004, Kerry came within 37,547 votes of winning despite losing the popular vote by three millions Drunken Irishman Dec 2020 #7

1st time I've seen that #. But winning EC (lose pop) for Dems not recently or in the last 40 years. JanMichael Dec 2020 #12

I believe 1888 was the last time it happened in any election prior to 2000. Crunchy Frog Dec 2020 #16

There's people who believe Kennedy actually lost the popular vote in 1960 due to Alabama's voting... Drunken Irishman Dec 2020 #32

It's actually never happened moose65 Dec 2020 #41

actually it never has dsc Dec 2020 #45

Where are you getting that number? Rstrstx Dec 2020 #23

I love when people answer their own question! Drunken Irishman Dec 2020 #24

That's why Trumpy thought he had it in the bag. LuvNewcastle Dec 2020 #8

Yes. Even with pandemic..if trump just pretended he cared Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #10

That's why the Democratic Party needs to change Sympthsical Dec 2020 #14

Preach! BarackTheVote Dec 2020 #20

We won the presidency because Biden was the nominee. still_one Dec 2020 #22

You're not necessarily wrong however Buckeyeblue Dec 2020 #54

And many here dismissed. . . pat_k Dec 2020 #15

That is why it is paramount that we must ALWAYS win and keep the blue wall intact still_one Dec 2020 #17

That is why it is paramount that we must ALWAYS win and keep the blue wall intact still_one Dec 2020 #18

Absolutely underscores why we must get rid of the EC. hlthe2b Dec 2020 #19

How will we get 3/4 of states to ratify? pnwmom Dec 2020 #21

Start of with the National Popular Vote compact. Read up on it. hlthe2b Dec 2020 #25

I know about it. How does it work with the high number of states that disallow faithless electors" pnwmom Dec 2020 #28

This is addressed in the links provided. SCOTUS ruled that states can enforce faithless electors hlthe2b Dec 2020 #30

If states can enforce those statutes, that would seem to hobble the National Vote compact. n/t pnwmom Dec 2020 #33

No. Please read this link hlthe2b Dec 2020 #34

they aren't faithless if they are voting as their state tells them to dsc Dec 2020 #46

Where do the state laws say that? n/t pnwmom Dec 2020 #47

that is the entire point of the compact dsc Dec 2020 #48

But there was a court decision last summer that seemed to make that tougher. pnwmom Dec 2020 #49

nope it is the state not the voter to whom they have to be faithful dsc Dec 2020 #50

The Electoral College will stay until Republicans lose the presidency due to it. Poiuyt Dec 2020 #39

Post # 25, 30, 34 hlthe2b Dec 2020 #43

and why post this, why make us feel even MORE terrible because of this??? a kennedy Dec 2020 #26

It's a reminder that we have to work just as hard to take over as many state houses as we can pnwmom Dec 2020 #31

That's terrifying, and we're still paying the price for 2016. yardwork Dec 2020 #27

This is why we can't have rebel factions who pout if their candidate/s don't win the primary AmericanCanuck Dec 2020 #29

Mass Disinformation Has Brought This About colsohlibgal Dec 2020 #35

A lot of you have this backward BGBD Dec 2020 #36

This is surprising but true MillenialDemLXXXIII Dec 2020 #37

Sure, but look at how BGBD Dec 2020 #44

These same people thought it was "Armageddon" when Obama won BumRushDaShow Dec 2020 #53

I don't know what the odds are... The Genealogist Dec 2020 #38

It was close to a nightmare scenario. David__77 Dec 2020 #40

I wrote a long post about the EC and then deleted it. bamagal62 Dec 2020 #51

EC was a bad idea. moondust Dec 2020 #52

Horrifying. Everyone who complains "get rid of the EC," though, is NOT serious Hortensis Dec 2020 #55

We must remain united against fascism, and Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2020 #56