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And some number of republicans voted for Biden + GOP seats
keep looking at the numbers ... not exactly what you just said
almost every vote for Rep Sen was also vote for Trump
It still doesn't account for any number of ballots with just Biden
you're catching on
difference between Trump and Biden is only 14k
Ballots with just a presidential candidate happen in the order of 100k every year
In every state
It's not suspicious
Unless you want to go back and say they're suspicious every time it's done, which, OK go for it
> It's not suspicious
@Elzam not saying it is just saying it is interesting
How can it be interesting if it happens every election?
I'm trying to discern what the Sen runoff will be like
I see
also if the Rep gets just 50 percent or over then no runoff
this Rep stands at 49.71 percent
why no pres runoff in GA?
because Pres is determined by federal election law and Sen is state election law
ah
the US Constitution allows for the state legislature to pick the method to determine the electors BUT the Constitution also sets the dates so there's no time for a runoff prior to certifying and selecting electors
but they can have their Sen runoff in Jan and still have Sen ready to be sworn in for the next Congress
okay it's federal election law as voted by US Congress for the dates as per the Constitution to be very picky but you get idea
okay back to the GA Sen race ... there's like 86k vote advantage for the Rep with 114k voting for the Libertarian candidate ... Dem candidate would have to take 3 out of 4 of every Libertarian voter just to even to total ... my belief is that a Libertarian voter will want gridlock in DC if they can't have their candidate and will break heavy Rep also there's at least 46k that voted in Pres race that didn't vote for Rep Sen but are all of those going to come out for the Sen race AND vote Dem?
and all the Rep have to do is get ONE GA Sen seat to ensure 51 seat majority ... Dems have to get BOTH to get a 50/50 tie with VP Harris being the tie-breaker
and then there is Manchin from West "by God" Virginia ... an old-time Democrat that ain't for "crazy socialist agenda" <insert AOC stare here>
This whole thing could have been avoided with ranked choice
How dare you try to use logic!!!
ready for a month long lockdown? aFULL lockdown they said, not the partial one we did.
you mean like what they had in France and Italy
of course, then there's Sweden that never had a lockdown, but then what do they know
You get what you vote for. 🤷♀️
> This whole thing could have been avoided with ranked choice
@DrSammyD I'm fine with it but neither of the two parties are because the rise of 3rd party in such a system could be very swift
Yup. In a ranked choice system the political parties lose power, giving more power to individual politicians who can now gain more nuanced support. So it will sadly never happen
Maine is using the ranked system for voting
Hmm, ruined my day. Here's some levity 😄