AckPhttt

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[–] AckPhttt@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

It's not a counterpoint, but emphasizes an even stronger point. Few Presidents win a majority of those eligible to vote. But to become President without also winning the majority of cast votes is unusual, and it's especially important to emphasize when such a President claims they have a mandate due to being "popular", imo.

[–] AckPhttt@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

which wasn’t the majority, by the way, since not everyone votes

Um, even among the people who cast a vote for President in 2024, Trump didn't get a majority of the votes. He got fewer than half of the Presidential votes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election

[–] AckPhttt@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's worth remembering that the majority of votes cast for President in 2024 were for a candidate other than Donald Trump; he got less than 50% of the votes that were cast for President. Making it so that those majority of votes aren't automatically split (and thus diminished) can be impactful, imo.

[–] AckPhttt@beehaw.org 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm on the DOGE team, and those values seem completely accurate and verified to me. /s

Edit: And if they are wrong, by our accounting that means that you just saved the government $399.6 Billion dollars.

[–] AckPhttt@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

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[–] AckPhttt@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And since it's mentioned in the article, there is a proposed path to having the popular vote decide the presidency that doesn't require a constitutional amendment, and IMO it's surprisingly further along than one might guess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

[–] AckPhttt@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Do I count MacOS users in that search?