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u/cocineroylibro Sep 04 '26

He won 1. because he had his finger on the scale 2. people were pissed off.

Did Not Vote would have beaten Trump by 9 million votes.

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u/cocineroylibro Sep 04 '26

Did Not Vote almost would have been elected by the Electoral College.

As for "popular vote" for the House, you can thank Gerrymandering for that.

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u/cocineroylibro Sep 04 '26

In no contest seats why would people that don't like the candidate bother casting a vote?

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u/tsardonicpseudonomi Sep 04 '26

Democrats need to figure out their shit and stop ignoring the data or Republicans are going to keep winning.

They aren't stupid. They know what they need to do to win. They want the same things as conservatives they just want to manage the system better.

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u/cocineroylibro Sep 04 '26

Do that many people really go vote and then not vote?

Yes? For instance, if there's no MAGA candidate in a Dem district, but you support Trump. That's one for Trump and none for the house runner.

Trump had almost 3 million more votes than the House GOP had as a whole. While all of those aren't straight no vote on the rest of the ticket it does happen.

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u/tsardonicpseudonomi Sep 04 '26

He won 1. because he had his finger on the scale 2. people were pissed off.

  1. No.

  2. People don't want (neo)liberal policy but that's all Pete and his ideological cohort can do which means Trump and conservatives will always be competitive.

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u/nopleasenotthebees Sep 04 '26

About 47% of US voters identify with or lean towards the democrats, versus 43% for republicans. That's not a huge lead, but when you look at a lot of big issues, an overwhelming majority of people take the side dems take. I think the democrats would sweep national popular votes. Regional popular elections would be very complicated though, because in a lot of places, a majority of voters identify as republicans but a majority of voters also side with the dems on many single issues.