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IronLionZion

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10. That sounds like hell to a lot of rural conservatives

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 06:04 PM

Jul 2022

who know there are more of us in this country, we just tend to be concentrated in more urban areas. It's dumb when they put up the colored maps acting like only a few places are blue when there are millions of Americans living there.

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Headline of the Day [View all] applegrove Jul 2022 OP

This has always been the greatest fear of the fright wing randr Jul 2022 #1

They are a terrorist organization. gibraltar72 Jul 2022 #2

OH NO NOT THE POPULAR VOTE! Brainfodder Jul 2022 #3

They prefer to win by the unpopular vote. H2O Man Jul 2022 #8

"They" seem to not understand optics at all. Brainfodder Jul 2022 #9

I'd swap 'Gloriously' for 'Dangerously' spanone Jul 2022 #4

More is needed Timewas Jul 2022 #5

The GOP will fight this tooth and nail because they will lose EVERY Presidential race. flying_wahini Jul 2022 #6

The Electoral College is a dinosaur 🦕. rubbersole Jul 2022 #7

That sounds like hell to a lot of rural conservatives IronLionZion Jul 2022 #10

More accurate: America is depressingly far away from eliminating the abominable Electoral College. DavidDvorkin Jul 2022 #11

Unfortunately.... SergeStorms Jul 2022 #13

And getting enough states to ratify the amendment. DavidDvorkin Jul 2022 #16

If only that was true! Fla Dem Jul 2022 #12

These thugs do not understand or appreciate America at all. OMGWTF Jul 2022 #14

Read the linked Federalist essay for their justifications (Socrates??) to "prevent tyranny." ancianita Jul 2022 #15