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Twitter: Vox Editor Suggests Crisis if Dems Win “Popular Vote” But Lose House
Twitter / Vox Editor Ezra Klein ^

Posted on 11/05/2018 3:02:03 PM PST by TigerClaws

I don't think people are ready for the crisis that will follow if Democrats win the House popular vote but not the majority.

After Kavanaugh, Trump, Garland, Citizens United, Bush v. Gore, etc, the party is on the edge of losing faith in the system (and reasonably so).


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Again with the popular vote talk. Already spinning their losses tomorrow.
1 posted on 11/05/2018 3:02:03 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

There is no electoral college in local elections...


2 posted on 11/05/2018 3:03:41 PM PST by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: TigerClaws

Have never heard of such a thing regarding the legislative branch.


3 posted on 11/05/2018 3:04:14 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: TigerClaws

What will it take for these uneducated morons to realize we are not a democracy.


4 posted on 11/05/2018 3:04:39 PM PST by mosaicwolf
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To: TigerClaws

This is a big ‘ol pile of nonsense.

If the Dim CA Governor is elected with 63% of the vote, does that mean the extra Dim votes can be applied to Nevada?

These folks are, really, bat sh!t nuts.


5 posted on 11/05/2018 3:05:03 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: TigerClaws

This guy has no clue apparently. The house is elected by popular vote in each District represented.

How could they win the popular vote but lose the house?

What a dim wit.


6 posted on 11/05/2018 3:05:23 PM PST by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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To: TigerClaws
Let their crises begin.
7 posted on 11/05/2018 3:05:58 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: TigerClaws

They may talk about ‘how many “Democrats” voted’ but they cannot say that all voting Democrats voted Democrat! I am sure they will be screaming and complaining no matter how this election turns out.


8 posted on 11/05/2018 3:06:52 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: TigerClaws

Suck it up, buttercup...that’s exactly why our system was created that way it was, so California and New york don’t dominate the rest of the country politically. Sheer geniuses, our Founders!


9 posted on 11/05/2018 3:06:57 PM PST by 4mer Liberal (Insurgent conservative)
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To: TigerClaws

That’s a possibility. If for example every Dem in the State of CA votes Dem then the Dems will cast the most votes. But since they are all in CA they would have little impact on the make up of Congress.


10 posted on 11/05/2018 3:07:30 PM PST by Brilliant
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Fake all the fake vote you want in California it won’t help you in Congress in other states

VoxSux


11 posted on 11/05/2018 3:07:32 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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I think he means we should add up all votes from all 435 House elections, by party, to see which party gets more votes. But as noted , such an exercise is meaningless.


12 posted on 11/05/2018 3:07:57 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: TigerClaws

They are simply domestic enemies of the Constitution.


13 posted on 11/05/2018 3:08:12 PM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: TigerClaws

Good news for our side. Already spinning excuses about losing?


14 posted on 11/05/2018 3:08:17 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: TigerClaws

Ignorance and stupidity on full display at Vox


15 posted on 11/05/2018 3:08:27 PM PST by RatRipper (The Democrat Party is the party of liars, swindlers, cheats and unbridled immorality.)
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To: willyd

No, there is no electoral college so I presume they are thinking of aggregating all the votes throughout the nation and comparing Dems to Reps. Silly, but that’s the only way a popular vote can be tabulated in these races. Everyone knows the House of Representatives differs considerably as to the number of people each representative has. (Still, it’s better proportional representation than the senate now that it is based on popular vote.)


16 posted on 11/05/2018 3:08:28 PM PST by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: TigerClaws

That wouldn’t be a crises unless I ran out of popcorn.


17 posted on 11/05/2018 3:08:28 PM PST by HighSierra5
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To: willyd

They don’t know House seats are distributed based on population? That that is what the census is for?


18 posted on 11/05/2018 3:08:41 PM PST by donna (Corporations are using censorship to destroy President Trump and achieve Globalism.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Let their crises begin.
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19 posted on 11/05/2018 3:08:49 PM PST by conservativepoet
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To: willyd

They never let stupidity and ignorance get in the way of what they think is a good story.


20 posted on 11/05/2018 3:09:14 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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