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From: FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Most Voters Think Fat, Druggie Trump Would Die Before End of
 Second Term, Absurdly Making Kamala Harris President
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:53:28 -0400
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On 4/11/24 3:30 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:07:32 -0400, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Our system is pretty unique.  You can win more votes and still lose.
>> Show me another Democracy that does that.
> 
> Canada for one - 2 of the last 3 elections have put a party in power
> without a plurality in the votes. (2019 and 2021)
> 
> It's theoretically possible in ANY jurisdiction where you have local
> elections for seats and one party wins each district by a differing
> number of votes - for instance if one party wins by margins of 50000+
> votes in their districts and loses by margins of 1000 in other
> districts, if there are more districts they lose they win they can
> easily have more votes but less seats.
> 
> This can even happen in countries with proportional representation
> systems when the seats are proportionally distributed by state. (Or in
> Germany where this happened by 'lander' which is effectively the same
> thing)
> 
> The United States is by no means unique in this respect.
> 

Plurality works here too.  That's how Clinton won.

But this isn't that.  This is the guy who gets LESS votes than his 
opponent taking office.

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