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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 10:53:34 JST Paul Cantrell

   • Matthew Chapman

   ❝ Former President Donald Trump has also previously called for eliminating the Electoral College, calling it a "disaster for democracy" because he believed, incorrectly, it was responsible for former President Barack Obama's defeat of Mitt Romney in 2012.

   After Trump won the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote in 2016, Trump supporters have proclaimed it crucial to the American system and the Founding Fathers' wishes. ❞

   via @fawfulfan:
   https://mastodon.social/@fawfulfan/113274647826859147

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 11:59:23 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Eric Beckman

     @ERBeckman @fawfulfan
     Especially good closing paragraphs.

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     Eric Beckman (erbeckman@historians.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 11:59:24 JST Eric Beckman

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     • Matthew Chapman

     @inthehands @fawfulfan I remember in 2000 the reverse of what happened was possible: Gore winning the EC but losing the PV. This post from Michael Podhorzer includes a useful graph showing the swings in EC bias.
     https://www.weekendreading.net/p/beware-of-mad-poll-disease-in-good