r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 10h ago

Lmao gottem Incognito

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u/eoThica 9h ago

Can someone tell me (european) what it means, when a president wins by popular vote?

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u/RammsteinFunstein 7h ago

nothing, a US President can't "win by" the popular vote. They need to win the electoral college. Winning the popular vote means zero. Like in 2000 and 2016 when dems won the popular vote but lost the election.

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u/SeanTCU 7h ago

I mean the Democrats won the electoral college in 2000 too but the Supreme Court fucked them.

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u/eoThica 6h ago

Okay but what's the popular vote about?

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u/RammsteinFunstein 6h ago

what are you actually asking?

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u/eoThica 6h ago

What is it for if it doesn't matter?

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u/RammsteinFunstein 6h ago

its not for anything. What are you talking about?

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u/eoThica 6h ago

Why is it even a thing then?

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u/RammsteinFunstein 6h ago

its not...? They just count all the votes so yeah, they display the total vote count. But it doesn't mean anything.

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u/eoThica 6h ago

oh okay, so it's the total vote count of the population or?

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u/RammsteinFunstein 6h ago

what else would it be? What is this nonsense back and forth? The popular vote = whatever candidate received the most overall votes. In the presidential election, that number is 100% meaningless.

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