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[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 50 points 2 days ago

How to throw an unlosable election

[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

It was never unlosable. People have forgotten how bad Trump was and blame everything on Biden. It's been an uphill battle.

Although I still think he should have stepped aside for someone with less baggage.

[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

All Biden had to do was be unmemorable and he was guaranteed a second term. His ambitious foreign policy decisions (to put it lightly) and his lack of ability to pass meaningful change despite holding both chambers of Congress in his first 2 years doomed him.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

He didn't hold both chambers. The two "democrats" who supposedly won in Senate even changed their party affiliation after winning.

[-] variaatio@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Always 50/50 because two party system, FPTP and electoral college.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

People didn't forget. They never cared. Biden didn't win by 5 million votes (and that's not actually a significant percentage), he won by 50k votes in a few counties that flipped their states.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

1st. He didn't win by 5 million, he won by 7 million. 2nd what you're talking about wasn't result of popularity, but how our election system is messed up, where some votes matter more than others. trump not even once won a popular vote. Even against Hilary he lost by nearly 3 million.

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

2016 Part 2: Election Boogaloo

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