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    • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      You would be correct if the majority of USA states fairly counted the ballots. But if not, there is no reason to prevent a double chamber majority. In fact, it’s necessary then, because it derails paper ballot efforts.

      This is a long game, so to speak. There will still be dem presidents later too.

      What people who decry fascism tend to overlook is that the country has not been a democracy for a while. This is all theater on a grand scale, for decades, and we are the audience

        • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          12 hours ago

          And that is why I am going to clean up on the betting markets. More seriously, anyone thinking of this exchange only need compare exit polls for all the states, in general and primaries.

          I remember when exit polls used to be talked about a lot in the 1970s. But I think most people reading will be puzzled about why I harp on a type of polling.

          Likewise I think finding exit poll results might be challenging these days in the USA. Which is a pity, indeed