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jacksonian

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3. I get your point

Reply to Igel (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 19, 2024, 04:08 AM

Oct 19

But the bottom line is that minorities winning elections is destabilizing.

The only role of the EC is to make minorities win elections, otherwise it does nothing.

If Republicans needed supermajorities to win the EC it would be changed in a heartbeat.

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Cue the EC defenders... dpibel Oct 18 #1

I take issue with one sentence. Igel Oct 18 #2

I get your point jacksonian Oct 19 #3

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