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0 pointsnewfriend5mo ago0 comments

Is this a joke? You think Democrat Senators got 24 million more votes? Where are you getting these nonsense numbers?

Update

Here are some rough numbers I found quickly (because your numbers are obvious nonsense):

  President
    R - 77.3m - 49.8%
    D - 75.0m - 48.3%
    Others - 2.9m - 1.9%
  Senate
    D - 55.9m - 49.1%
    R - 54.4m - 47.7%
    Others - 3.7m - 3.2%
  House
    R - 74.4m - 49.8%
    D - 70.6m - 47.2%
    Others - 4.6m - 3.1%

Looks like the system is working to me. The Senate vote not withstanding of course because of some smaller states, but it's not some extreme miscarriage of justice as you imply. The majority party won and is currently enacting policies that voters wanted. I'm sorry that your beliefs aren't as popular as you thought.

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spankalee5mo ago

Sorry, I copy and pasted wrong, the Democratic senators represent 24M more people, and had about 2.8M more votes, yet have 6 fewer seats counting the independents that caucus with the Dems.

So fewer voters and constituents for a pretty significant majority in senators.

newfriendOP5mo ago

So you've abandoned the "majority" vote argument, and now you're saying the individual vote tallies in that state don't matter.

So if 49% of California voted Republican, but both Senators are Democrats, then the entire population they represent should be counted as Democrats.

A flawed argument.

It also completely ignores the entire reason the Senate exists in the first place, to represent the States.

spankalee5mo ago

No, the _minority_ vote argument still holds. The Republican senators represent a minority of the vote and population, yet have a strong majority in the Senate. It's minority rule.

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0 pointsnewfriend5mo ago0 comments

Is this a joke? You think Democrat Senators got 24 million more votes? Where are you getting these nonsense numbers?

Update

Here are some rough numbers I found quickly (because your numbers are obvious nonsense):

  President
    R - 77.3m - 49.8%
    D - 75.0m - 48.3%
    Others - 2.9m - 1.9%
  Senate
    D - 55.9m - 49.1%
    R - 54.4m - 47.7%
    Others - 3.7m - 3.2%
  House
    R - 74.4m - 49.8%
    D - 70.6m - 47.2%
    Others - 4.6m - 3.1%

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spankalee5mo ago

Sorry, I copy and pasted wrong, the Democratic senators represent 24M more people, and had about 2.8M more votes, yet have 6 fewer seats counting the independents that caucus with the Dems.

So fewer voters and constituents for a pretty significant majority in senators.

newfriendOP5mo ago

So you've abandoned the "majority" vote argument, and now you're saying the individual vote tallies in that state don't matter.

So if 49% of California voted Republican, but both Senators are Democrats, then the entire population they represent should be counted as Democrats.

A flawed argument.

It also completely ignores the entire reason the Senate exists in the first place, to represent the States.

spankalee5mo ago

No, the _minority_ vote argument still holds. The Republican senators represent a minority of the vote and population, yet have a strong majority in the Senate. It's minority rule.

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