• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    19 days ago

    Reminder of why the winner of the 2000 election didn’t become President (Climate Town just put out a video about it.) When you have both an electoral college and first past the post voting system, close races get ugly and questionable. If a higher percentage of people would vote, we wouldn’t see such a close race.

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      19 days ago

      Reminder of why the winner of the 2000 election didn’t become President

      Because a criminally corrupt, partisan, captured supreme court stole the election! When you’re the highest court in the land, they let you grab em by the justice…

      I’m also willing to bet the SC will steal 2024 too and, despite the many threats and objections from Democrats, they and the population will ultimately roll over and accept the Christian fascist coup. Prove me wrong America! I double dare you!

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      17 days ago

      SCOTUS knew that Gore would win. They found an out by saying that the Secretary of State had a right to cancel recounts when she felt like it and that was that.