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two thirds of you didn't think it was worth voting against.

The Americans who saw this coming and stayed home are just as complicit.

AGREED - as a US citizen.

Also, anyone who voted 3rd-party, because that is literally refusing to keep him out of office.

those two thirds living in the wrong states for it to matter, wouldn’t have voted the way you wanted and would have resulted in the same distribution of votes we already have?

prefrontal cortex moment

You don't think an extra 66% of people in any state getting off their asses and voting could affect the vote in a meaningful way?

Correct, the sentiment would have been the same distribution of votes across states. The electoral college distribution would have been the same 312 to 226 and not close at all

The way you talk about things could have easily resulted in California’s 54 electoral college votes flipping to the majority resulting in 366 electoral votes for the winner. Your numbers are spread across where people actually live after all, as opposed to a campaign swing state

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