Pacattack57@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf I live in a red state, would it be better to vote for rfk to take votes away from trump?message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up132file-text
arrow-up132message-squareIf I live in a red state, would it be better to vote for rfk to take votes away from trump?Pacattack57@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLemming421@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-22 months agoTo demonstrate the lack of a “clear mandate”. Yes, Trump will win if he gets one more vote than Biden, but the more he loses the popular vote by, the more justification people have for protesting. So if he wins on electoral college votes but loses the popular vote by a landslide, at least it shows what The People are actually thinking.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWe can just as easily define the popular vote as being the sum of all non Trump votes. No Trump doesn’t need to be Yes Biden.
To demonstrate the lack of a “clear mandate”.
Yes, Trump will win if he gets one more vote than Biden, but the more he loses the popular vote by, the more justification people have for protesting.
So if he wins on electoral college votes but loses the popular vote by a landslide, at least it shows what The People are actually thinking.
We can just as easily define the popular vote as being the sum of all non Trump votes.
No Trump doesn’t need to be Yes Biden.