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2016 Postmortem

mtnsnake

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5. Very cool but some of the borders could probably be jockied similarly to favor bloated orange

Reply to Skinner (Original post)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 06:14 PM

Nov 2016

I think this experiment is a good indicator of why the reasoning behind the electoral college, in the manner in which it was set up over 200 years ago, doesn't apply to the country the way things are nowadays, considering the massive changes that have taken place population wise over the last two centuries.

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Move two state borders and Hillary Clinton wins [View all] Skinner Nov 2016 OP

There should be at least one blue county greymattermom Nov 2016 #1

Alternative history can make for interesting reading, but guillaumeb Nov 2016 #2

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Excellent display of the ridiculousness of it all! n/t Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #4

Very cool but some of the borders could probably be jockied similarly to favor bloated orange mtnsnake Nov 2016 #5

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This is a great response hueymahl Nov 2016 #8

Looks like fun... but it's a silly notion to take seriously FBaggins Nov 2016 #7

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K&R n/t musicblind Dec 2016 #10