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What are your plans to replace first past the post voting in your state after the election? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm hearing alot about the structural flaws of First past the post voting these days. Glad to see more people talking about the topic. Let's start making plans to fix this once and for all so people are free to vote how they want.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I read more than once, though have never fact checked, that no republican ever got elected had the popular vote, only through the electoral college’s undemocratic system did they ever get elected. Anyone know if this is accurate?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Its not true, but the only time a Republican presedential canditate has got a majority of the votes in the 21st century is GWB in 2004. In the 20th century the winner in every election was the one who got the most votes, D or R.