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Joe Cool

(1,021 posts) Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:10 AM Nov 13

tsf might end up below 50% in the popular vote

It's currently 50.2% tsf to 48.2% Harris.

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tsf might end up below 50% in the popular vote (Original Post) Joe Cool Nov 13 OP

2 things I hope I see before I die-- end of the Electoral College and the filibuster dutch777 Nov 13 #1

dutch777

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1. 2 things I hope I see before I die-- end of the Electoral College and the filibuster

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Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:14 AM

Nov 13

In reading Alexander Hamilton's history by Ron Chernow I realize why we got the EC and the structure of the Senate (two senators per state regardless of size). Doubt any change to the Senate structure will be possible but here's hoping for abolition of the EC..

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