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2016 Postmortem

JustinL

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12. you could respond with equally irrelevant facts about POS's EC win

Reply to jzodda (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 04:55 PM

Dec 2016

If you eliminate the voters of Waukesha County, Clinton wins Wisconsin.

Same with Lancaster County, PA, and Macomb County, MI.

Using your coworker's logic, you can demonstrate that POS owes his EC win to only three counties.

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Now California and New York do not matter [View all] jzodda Dec 2016 OP

Your coworker didn't even need to add New York, California alone would do it. PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #1

If we eliminate CA and NY, the welfare red states will have to actually pay lapucelle Dec 2016 #2

If we eliminated TX + FL Gore would have been named President in 2000 and Kerry would have won in geek tragedy Dec 2016 #3

If these states don't matter, then we should be allowed to secede Sanity Claws Dec 2016 #4

The economy would totally crash. duffyduff Dec 2016 #5

It's one of their more absurd "arguments" treestar Dec 2016 #6

If we eliminate all the bigots who voted for Trump stopbush Dec 2016 #7

Too too true Generic Other Dec 2016 #15

Saying states don't matter... JSup Dec 2016 #8

They want to eliminate people they don't like DBoon Dec 2016 #9

they are going to find out how many people MFM008 Dec 2016 #10

That's a bullshit meme he stole from twitter Blue_Tires Dec 2016 #11

you could respond with equally irrelevant facts about POS's EC win JustinL Dec 2016 #12

Great point! jzodda Dec 2016 #13

It will be any blue state that will not matter liberal N proud Dec 2016 #14

At Roughly 20% of the US population Stargleamer Dec 2016 #16

Vote in Wyoming does count more than a vote in California. LisaL Dec 2016 #18

great, then let them have their own president and laws. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #17

And if we eliminated TX, Trump wouldn't have gotten to 270 electoral votes. LisaL Dec 2016 #19

It belongs to Nexico anyway. - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2016 #20

Sure, and if you want to lose a lot of weight quickly, just have one of your legs cut off. Nt aidbo Dec 2016 #21

The Electoral College is basically a gerrymander against demographics... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #22

If you don't count the votes against him MurrayDelph Dec 2016 #23