• madjo@feddit.nl
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      2 months ago

      Ah yes, the true stolen election. But Al Gore conceded, even though it really was too close to call.

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      2 months ago

      the electoral votes column juxtaposed with the other columns is just documenting what should be a crime.

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      2 months ago

      Since all ‘electoral votes’ go to the winner in the US, why do they even bother mentioning it? Its seems entirely vestigial

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      2 months ago

      My brother is voting for Jill Stein to “send a message to the Democrats” that they can’t automatically rely on liberal votes. He voted for Nader in 2000 to “send a message to the Democrats” that they can’t automatically rely on liberal votes. When I mention the 24-year gap here his response is “what’s your point?”

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      That’s the official count, but we’ll never know what the actual count was. A bunch of people who “voted” for Nader were trying to vote for Gore but got screwed over by the format of the ballot.

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      2 months ago

      Holy shit, 2,912,790 people voted for Dubya in Florida?! How come nobody noticed this before? I feel like that might have affected the outcome of the election.