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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 83 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Also, the 2000 Presidential election results in Florida:

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 43 points 3 weeks ago

Ah yes, the true stolen election. But Al Gore conceded, even though it really was too close to call.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

the electoral votes column juxtaposed with the other columns is just documenting what should be a crime.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago

Oh my god what a tight race. I wonder what the closest vote in US history was.

[–] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Since all 'electoral votes' go to the winner in the US, why do they even bother mentioning it? Its seems entirely vestigial

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

US states have the option of choosing to distribute votes proportionally.

[–] Ebber@lemmings.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They even have the choice to let electors pick whatever they want

My brother is voting for Jill Stein to "send a message to the Democrats" that they can't automatically rely on liberal votes. He voted for Nader in 2000 to "send a message to the Democrats" that they can't automatically rely on liberal votes. When I mention the 24-year gap here his response is "what's your point?"

[–] throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 and will never make that mistake again.

[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not to worry, Nader hasn't been a candidate in a long time. Good luck out there!

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

That’s the official count, but we’ll never know what the actual count was. A bunch of people who “voted” for Nader were trying to vote for Gore but got screwed over by the format of the ballot.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social -3 points 3 weeks ago

Holy shit, 2,912,790 people voted for Dubya in Florida?! How come nobody noticed this before? I feel like that might have affected the outcome of the election.