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[–] Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If they do it right they only need 22% of the popular vote to win the presidentance, so yeah don't say it is all Americans that want this when such a small number is needed to win.

[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

America looks like it needs some "Democracy"

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

You can win with like 2 dozen votes. Not percent. Individual votes. Regardless of how many millions vote for the opposition. Like rounding error above 0% of the popular vote could theoretically "win". It's so fucking broken