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You know, I like people having multiple choices in elections. But man trying to figure out where this is going is giving me heartburn.

Posted by ty97 Feb 11 '20, 20:19

Of course Clinton didn't win a state until Georgia, right? So anything could maybe happen?

*guzzles antacid*

(The upside is, I have no idea what I actually want to see happen.)

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Don't get too much heartburn. It doesn't matter as Trump will win anyways. - crash davis Feb 11, 20:40 15
- It's genuinely strange to me that people see the most disliked POTUS in the history of polling as likely to win re-election. - David Feb 11, 20:53 12
  - Well.. McConnell is refusing to vote on protecting the voting process for one. -- nm - . Feb 11, 21:18
  - I would be curious to know what the largest amount is you could win the popular vote and still lose the electoral college. 6-7 million? -- nm - jnine Feb 11, 21:10 3
    - Heh. -- (link) - David Feb 11, 21:14 [Backboard] 1
      - Reagen's suggestion would amount to about 4 million. -- nm - David Feb 11, 21:16
    - The mathematical possible is much much larger than that. You may be right about the practical possible. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 21:14
  - The math of it should be fascinating to you. If 30 million Californians hate him, its not as key as long as 10 million people spread across other - crash davis Feb 11, 20:59 6
    - We were just referencing this yesterday (or the day before...I don't know what day it is). There's a practical limit on winning the electoral vote... - David Feb 11, 21:02 5
      - Here’s the thing though (and I say his as a generally optimistic person): if we’ve learned anything about this guy, it’s that the rules don’t seem to. -- (edited) - pmb Feb 11, 21:15 2
        
        That's totally valid. It's hard distinguishing realism from paranoia with this garbage human being. -- nm - David Feb 11, 21:22 1
        
        The other thing is that while last time his haphazard campaign basically stumbled into victory by a series of improbable events, this time, from all - pmb Feb 11, 21:37
      - I try to actively avoid politics at work. But on Sunday, I got trapped and drawn into the most astonishing conversation that I should type up someday - crash davis Feb 11, 21:07 1
        
        It generally does. -- nm - pmb Feb 11, 21:16
- I don't live in the dystopian world where he is unbeatable. - ty97 Feb 11, 20:45 1
  - You're right of course. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 20:50
I don't think anything really matters until super tuesday, especially with CA there this time. - mafic Feb 11, 20:34 3
- IA/NH can provide momentum, so to that extent they matter - ty97 Feb 11, 20:37 2
  - yeah, I think that matters a lot less than people think. they're not the springboard they were for like Carter anymore. -- nm - mafic Feb 11, 20:46 1
    - like if you're Yang and you get a surprise few delegates there it can impact your future prospects, but if I'm Biden or Bloomberg and missing I'm not - mafic Feb 11, 20:48
And honestly Nevada feels like a wild tossup at this point. - ty97 Feb 11, 20:21

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