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Summary

Trump’s popular vote share has fallen below 50% to 49.94%, with Kamala Harris at 48.26%, narrowing his margin of victory.

Trump’s share of the popular vote is lower than Biden’s in 2020 (51.3%), Obama’s in 2012 (51.1%) and 2008 (52.9%), George W. Bush’s in 2004 (50.7%), George H.W. Bush’s in 1988 (53.2%), Reagan’s in 1984 (58.8%) and 1980 (50.7%), and Carter’s in 1976 (50.1%).

The 2024 election results highlight Trump’s narrow victory and the need for Democrats to address their mistakes and build a diverse working-class coalition.

The numbers also give Democrats a reason to push back on Trump’s mandate claims, noting most Americans did not vote for him.

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[-] soupuos@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

It could give people opportunities to vote for third parties without feeling like they're throwing away their vote

[-] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Okay so you go with what system?

Let's say the breakdown of votes looks the same as the Swedish breakdown. There will be more people that voted for a different candidate than the red one (Social Democrat).

This then requires a run off system like france, or a ranked choice, which is also fine to propose, but you can't hold up a visual of a parliament and say the system is so much better, when we talk about one singular office.

The post compared two things that have different end goals

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Any system where your vote is a list instead of a checkbox.

That way in 2016 you can vote for Bernie as 1, and if he loses, you can vote for Hillary by putting her as 2. You don't have to give up your moonshot to get your safety net.

Great video on the problems with first past the post, with links to some other videos discussing better systems: https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo

this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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