New: electoralAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krsteemzzanhive-183959hive-180932hive-166405uncommonlabhive-185836hive-183397hive-150122photographyhive-144064bitcoinhive-188619lifehive-101145krsuccesshive-139150hive-103599hive-124908hive-184714hive-106183hive-103393TrendingNewHotLikersbumblecat (78)in electoral • 29 days agoWhy we should get rid of the electoral college in general.Most states really aren't that politically lopsided. Especially the populous ones. Trump got 6 million votes in California in 2020. Biden got 5 million votes in Texas in 2020. The most lopsided…zafrada (78)in election • 2 months agoThis is an underrated point.The Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022 explicitly made the governor responsible for certification and they could only certify one slate of electors. I worry about the 2024 election, but at the…zafrada (78)in electoral • 2 months agoHere is how the electoral college bias looks like in Nate Silver's model.Right now the model expects an electoral college bias of 1.7. That'd be significantly less than it was in 2020 (~3.9). Basically it means Harris can win the election if she wins the popular vote…bumblecat (78)in election • 3 months agoPennsylvania is the most important battleground.So I played with an electoral map calculator and it is hard to overestimate how important Pennsylvania is to the election. If Trump wins PA then all he needs is to hold on to GA and NC and he has…nooses (78)in electoral • 5 months agoThis could be good news.Generally in recent years given the way voters are distributed, the Republican candidate has an advantage with the electoral college such that a Democrat can't merely win the popular vote. In…arbitration (78)in democracy • 6 months agoOn democracy.This is a fairly small thing, but it's one of the indicators that democracy is not simply about citizens thoughtfully choosing the objectively best among two or more alternatives. Michigan has no…pomeline (79)in florida • last yearYeah I've been trying to tell people this.Florida is purpler than you think. It is just that the state Dem party has really given up in Florida and the Republicans are eating their lunch. People tend to overcorrect too much from Midterms…arbitration (78)in quebec • 2 years agoElection night in Quebec.First-past-the-post/district-based electoral systems produce distortions in many places, including the US. But yesterday's Quebec election takes the cake. The ruling right-wing nationalist CAQ party…nooses (78)in voting • 2 years agoThoughts on RCV?I really like two things about it. One... It completely does away entirely with the "I'd vote for them but they can't possibly win" argument, because if your vote matters it'll eventually go to…nooses (78)in texas • 3 years agoDiscriminating against minority voters?I’m no expert on voting laws, but I do wonder about the legitimacy of this latest round of moves and counter-moves by the Republican-led state of Texas and the Democratic-led federal Department of…leguna (78)in republican • 3 years agoWhy don’t Republicans win the popular vote?In the last 30 years, the GOP has only won the popular vote in one presidential election, with 2004 and lost it every other time. This might make some sense if looking at 2020. The states which…bumblecat (78)in nyt • 4 years agoAre Republican lawmakers trying to confuse voters?This NYT article is all about poll-watching. Although the sub-headline states that "Republican lawmakers seek to make voting harder and more confusing," the article offers no evidence for the…arbitration (78)in politics • 4 years agoWhy those of us who voted for Trump twice should abandon him now.FOUR REASONS FOR TELLING TRUMP TO GO AWAY. I voted for Trump in the 2016 general election and again in the 2020 general election. Perhaps more accurately, I voted AGAINST Hillary Clinton in 2016…karkomagnu (17)in elect • 4 years agothe-president-elect-when-the-electoral-college-votes-monday-9224efea520bbumblecat (78)in election • 4 years agoAll signalling and political theatre.Safe Harbor Day. That was yesterday, and I think all states met it except Wisconsin, which is dealing with a lawsuit. If I understand correctly (and I am not totally sure I do), Congress created…bitcoindudetv (35)in trump • 4 years agoREAL POLL FOR 2020 ELECTION & not FAKE ONES 279 -259 TRUMP BIDEN 2020I have predicted every election accurately since Bill Clinton. The real poll is 279 259 depends on Penn for winner. Figure every larger unofficial poll has Trump winning big. I am talking much…nooses (78)in democracy • 4 years agoBelieving in the voting fairy.I think phrases like "will of the people" or "the people have spoken" are incoherent gibberish due to things like Arrow's theorem and the work of others, including Buchanan and Tullock. And yes…flexbooth (78)in electoral • 4 years agoNo system can represent everyone unless the votes are unanimous.Critics say the electoral college erases some people's voices. But majority rule already erases the voice of the losing minority. The flaw in the electoral college is a flaw in any system that…leguna (78)in politics • 4 years agoElectoral College and winning the election.I'm arguing the electoral college with some folks, and I want to make two points for everyone to see. The electoral college was nothing more than a compromise over how to select the president…pomeline (79)in election • 5 years agoThe Electoral College vs the National Popular Vote : Big City Folk vs the Rest of Us.There's more at stake in the battle over how we elect our president than merely who sits in the White House. The cartoonist Ramirez is typically piercingly brilliant but he got the caption on this…
