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Post #1042299

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DominicCobb
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Date created
1-Feb-2017, 2:03 PM

TV’s Frink said:

When I see something like this, I can’t help but wonder if we should just go by popular vote.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/under-a-new-system-clinton-could-have-won-the-popular-vote-by-5-points-and-still-lost/

This would be a disaster. Republicans have already stolen the White House and Congress from the majority of Americans thanks to gerrymandering and uneven political weight given to less populace states in the Senate and electoral college. This would be the death knell to any sort of opposition.