• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    But do you really think the residents of a state like Oregon, or Washington, or California will just be OK with their electoral college votes being passed to a popular vote winner who is a Republican?

    Yes, because they won. People who favor democracy understand they won’t always be in the majority, and that’s OK bedause they aren’t shitbags. People who only want the system to work in their favor are called Conservatives.

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      1 month ago

      You have more faith than I do. If Oregonians thought their vote was overturned because of a national popular vote winner, there would be riots.

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        1 month ago

        Their vote wasn’t “overturned” their vote counted just as much as anyone else’s they just lost.

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          Under the multi-state pact, if Oregon voted overwhelmingly for Harris, but Trump won the national popular vote, and our electoral college votes were delivered to Trump because of the popular vote, yeah, that would be overturning the will of Oregon voters and there would be riots.

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            1 month ago

            So when one town votes for trump and Harris wins the state the votes of that town are “overturned” by the state then?